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Re-run the program with admin rights in Python
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win-runas.py
import sys
import ctypes
def is_admin():
try:
return ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()
except:
return False
if is_admin():
# Do stuff
else:
# Re-run the program with admin rights
sys.stdout.write('Not running as admin, relaunching...?\n')
ctypes.windll.shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, "runas", sys.executable, __file__, None, 1)
exit(0)
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