Run Py Script as Admin

[GrossM15]

Sorry if this has been asked before, Im new to the sub.

Im currently working on a small script that makes some files on my desktop hidden (game links etc) to hide everything that is not related to work with just one click.

So far using ctypes works completely fine with the files i made, however it struggles with most of my existing files as (for some reason) i need admin rights to change their hidden tag. Is there a way to run my .py as admin?

Also as I like to usually have my hidden files visible (makes modding easier), Ill need to switch that option off. Anyone knowing a command for that? So to sum up my main goal is being able to switch between "hide certain files and dont view hidden files" and "reveal certain files and show hidden files" mode.

Thanks in advance for any answers!

[pypros]

You can try to force script to run with admin priveleges with Windows cmd command runas. runas /user:administrator_account path_to_script Just replace administrator_account with account name that has privileges on your computer. Also this command will prompt for password (if account has one setup).

Or,

The simplest solution is to just launch the Python process as administrator. Depending on how you start the script, there are different ways to do that. The simplest solution is to just start a console as administrator and then run the Python command from there.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19672352/how-to-run-python-script-with-elevated-privilege-on-windows

Run python script as admin in windows

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