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Request UAC elevation from within a Python script?

I’d like to execute a series of Java processes from a Python script, but I must run the Java with elevated UAC privleges (as Administrator) in order to get the results I’m expecting. My call right now is basically:

from subprocess import Popen
callme = 'java weka.doStuff' # Want this to run as Administrator
Popen(callme)

How do I force this process to run as administrator or with some sufficiently high of elevated UAC privileges?

Answer 1

I’m afraid that you cannot use Popen for that.

One option would be using win32api.ShellExecute and setting runas argument to Administrator.

Another option would be using JPython itself…