How to run python script with elevated privilege on windows

Question

I am writing a pyqt application which require to execute admin task. I would prefer to start my script with elevate privilege. I am aware that this question is asked many ti

Answer 1

This worked for me:

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import win32com.client as client

required_command = "cmd" # Enter your command here

required_password = "Simple1" # Enter your password here

def run_as(required_command, required_password):
    shell = client.Dispatch("WScript.shell")
    shell.Run(f"runas /user:administrator {required_command}")
    time.sleep(1)
    shell.SendKeys(f"{required_password}\r\n", 0)


if __name__ = '__main__':
    run_as(required_command, required_password)

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Below are the references I used for above code: https://win32com.goermezer.de/microsoft/windows/controlling-applications-via-sendkeys.html https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/python-cookbook/0596001673/ch07s16.html