sobreira/run-exe

Run executable file, with option to try as admin on error on Windows.

Overview

Run executable file, with option to try as admin on error on Windows.

Usage

The following example opens a temporary file in the root of C:. This should prompt the user to permit the process to run with elevated privileges.

import sys
import tempfile

t = tempfile.mktemp(dir='C:/')

run_exe(sys.executable, ''' -c "'''
        '''import os;'''
        '''open('%s', 'wb')'''
        '''os.remove(%s)"''' % (t, t),
        try_admin=True)