run-exe 0.5.post2

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)