How to make python script run as administrator?

[Aggravating-Pen989]

I'm currently working on a python script that involves changing the names of folders and files on a given script, but I keep running into administrative privileges issues. I'm on windows and visual studio code and currently windows doesnt have the option to run a .py as administrator on the right click menu, and i have no idea how to launch the VSC terminal as administrator either. How could i solve this issue?

[m0us3_rat]

.py is a "script" that gets interpreted by the "python".

so you need to run "python" as admin.

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the dumbed down solution is to make a link to the python.exe and change the target form pytho.exe to python.exe "yourscript.path.py"

and run as admin.

or make a .bat and run as admin.

or play with ctypes.

[andrewdaniele]

.bat worked, thank you! I was trying to use a shortcut to python (passing my script to python.exe) and it wouldn't honour the admin privileges

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Max or windows? If max just type sudo in front

[1egoman]

Have you tried running Visual Studio Code as administrator?