How to run cmd command in Python with admin

Question

I want to run a windows command with Python 3. Like this os.system("echo hi"). However, How about running a command that requires admin access? How do you do this? Thanks.

Use runas. See, e.g., this and, if entering a password on the shell is not an option, this — hlt
– hlt, Commented Aug 28, 2014 at 21:01
It's a builtin Windows program that allows you to execute other programs as other users, provided you know their password. See e.g. the first link in my comment. — hlt
– hlt, Commented Aug 28, 2014 at 21:03
The problem is that this program is going to be distributed, and it obviously can't know the passwords. — Luke Dinkler
– Luke Dinkler, Commented Aug 28, 2014 at 21:05

snowcrash09 · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-28 22:34:24Z

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You can do this with the ShellExecuteEx Win32 API wrapper included in the Pywin32 extensions. If you are using something like ActivePython you may already have the extensions.

To use ShellExecuteEx :

import win32com.shell.shell as shell
commands = 'echo hi'
shell.ShellExecuteEx(lpVerb='runas', lpFile='cmd.exe', lpParameters='/c '+commands)

edited Aug 28, 2014 at 22:34

answered Aug 28, 2014 at 22:24

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Luke Dinkler Over a year ago

Excellent! Can we do this without the pop-up window?

snowcrash09 Over a year ago

Do you mean the User Account Control pop-up? You're not really supposed to disable that. There are ways around it listed in this question but they all are a bit awkward.

Luke Dinkler Over a year ago

What if we had the user's password?

Deepak Yadav Over a year ago

@LukeDinkler One way for stopping popup : Run your python as admin then execute the scripts. Then automatically all the scripts would have the admin access, and they will not show popups.

Bernd Wechner Over a year ago

This appears to be deprecated in Python 3 and I'm having trouble finding the analogous Python 3 approach.

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