Add run as admin argument for windows

[Fefedu973]

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[newville]

@Fefedu973 Um, what? I think every Issue needs an actual description. I certainly cannot guess what you mean.

[Fefedu973]

Sorry, but that's more of a feature request than a problem. In fact I would like to know if it was possible to add an option that would generate a shortcut that runs the program as administrator

[newville]

@Fefedu973. I do not how to do this from a python script that generates the shortcut on any platform! Do you know how to do that? If so, which platforms?

[Fefedu973]

@Fefedu973. I do not how to do this from a python script that generates the shortcut on any platform! Do you know how to do that? If so, which platforms?

I have an hard coded workaround for windows

[newville]

@Fefedu973

I have an hard coded workaround for windows

How does that work? I was just looking at the "CreateShortcut" call, and I don't see an easy setting for that. Maybe there is some flag that I do not see or maybe it is one of those insane "completely normal" Windows tweaks?

[Fefedu973]

@Fefedu973

I have an hard coded workaround for windows

How does that work? I was just looking at the "CreateShortcut" call, and I don't see an easy setting for that. Maybe there is some flag that I do not see or maybe it is one of those insane "completely normal" Windows tweaks?

it edits a aleready existing shortcut

        filename = path to shortcut
        with open(filename, "rb") as f2:
            ba = bytearray(f2.read())
        ba[0x15] = ba[0x15] | 0x20
        with open(filename, "wb") as f3:
            f3.write(ba)

[newville]

@Fefedu973 OK, wow - "Worst Fears Realized"! Just get in there and start flipping bits around, what could possibly go wrong ;).

Do you have any documentation for that, like, maybe some Microsoft developer's guide?

[Fefedu973]

@Fefedu973 OK, wow - "Worst Fears Realized"! Just get in there and start flipping bits around, what could possibly go wrong ;).

Do you have any documentation for that, like, maybe some Microsoft developer's guide?

I found this on stackoverflow and it worked

[Fefedu973]

@Fefedu973 OK, wow - "Worst Fears Realized"! Just get in there and start flipping bits around, what could possibly go wrong ;).

Do you have any documentation for that, like, maybe some Microsoft developer's guide?

I found this on stackoverflow and it worked