[SOLVED] How to get the required elevated privileges for my C++ application?

How to get the required elevated privileges for my C++ application?

I'm making a C++/winRT GUI application that uses the IMFVirtualCamera interface from Microsoft Media Foundation to create a virtual camera device.

Virtual camera creation:

winrt::check_hresult(MFCreateVirtualCamera(
    MFVirtualCameraType_SoftwareCameraSource,
    MFVirtualCameraLifetime_Session,
    MFVirtualCameraAccess_AllUsers,
    cameraName,
    L"{7B89B92E-FE71-42D0-8A41-E137D06EA184}",
    nullptr,
    0,
    pVirtualCamera.put()
));

Code for starting the virtual camera:

try {
    winrt::check_hresult(pVirtualCamera->Start(nullptr));
}
catch (winrt::hresult_error const& ex)
{
    std::stringstream ss;
    ss << winrt::to_string(ex.message()) << " - " << ex.code();
    LOG(LogLevel::ERR, ss.str());
}

The Start() function actually throws an error stating "Access is denied". I've tried running Visual Studio as administrator and also set the UAC Execution Level in Properties > Linker > Manifest File to requireAdministrator. The problem still persists.

Solution

As pointed in the comments by Simon, switching the access parameter in the MFCreateVirtualCamera function to MFVirtualCameraAccess_CurrentUser solves the "Access is denied" error as lower privileges are required for the same.