Executing Windows administrative shell commands on Windows using Python

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I have a batch script using Windows shell commands to perform several administrative actions. The script is running great on Windows 7 but when i try launching it from Python 2.6 nothing happens:

import os
a = os.popen("somebatchfile.bat")

I assume that this is because the bat file uses several commands that require an administrative privileges but i don't want to prompt to a password using runas.exe or embedding the password within the code.

Is there any way to make UAC prompt for user approval or something?

Yes, this also occurs when i'm running Python with elevated privileges while under command line as administrator... — at0m, Jul 03 '11 at 14:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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Relevent?: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/130763/request-uac-elevation-from-within-a-python-script

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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answered Jul 01 '11 at 16:04

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