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)