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IsProcessElevated.ahk
; ===============================================================================================================================
; Check if a process is elevated
; ===============================================================================================================================
IsProcessElevated(ProcessID)
{
if !(hProcess := DllCall("OpenProcess", "uint", 0x0400, "int", 0, "uint", ProcessID, "ptr"))
throw Exception("OpenProcess failed", -1)
if !(DllCall("advapi32\OpenProcessToken", "ptr", hProcess, "uint", 0x0008, "ptr*", hToken))
throw Exception("OpenProcessToken failed", -1), DllCall("CloseHandle", "ptr", hProcess)
if !(DllCall("advapi32\GetTokenInformation", "ptr", hToken, "int", 20, "uint*", IsElevated, "uint", 4, "uint*", size))
throw Exception("GetTokenInformation failed", -1), DllCall("CloseHandle", "ptr", hToken) && DllCall("CloseHandle", "ptr", hProcess)
return IsElevated, DllCall("CloseHandle", "ptr", hToken) && DllCall("CloseHandle", "ptr", hProcess)
}
; ===============================================================================================================================
MsgBox % IsProcessElevated(DllCall("GetCurrentProcessId"))
; 0 => Process is not elevated
; 1 => Process is elevated
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