python run windows command as administrator code example

Example 1: how to run python script as admin

import ctypes, sys
def is_admin():
    try:
        return ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()
    except:
        return False
if is_admin():
    # Code of your program here
else:
    # Re-run the program with admin rights
    ctypes.windll.shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, "runas", sys.executable, " ".join(sys.argv), None, 1)

Example 2: open administrator command prompt using python

import os
import sys
import win32com.shell.shell as shell
ASADMIN = 'asadmin'

if sys.argv[-1] != ASADMIN:
    script = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])
    params = ' '.join([script] + sys.argv[1:] + [ASADMIN])
    shell.ShellExecuteEx(lpVerb='runas', lpFile=sys.executable, lpParameters=params)
    sys.exit(0)

Example 3: python is running as administrator

import ctypes, os
 
def isAdmin():
	""" Return True/Flase """
    try:
        is_admin = (os.getuid() == 0)	# if Unis
    except AttributeError:
        is_admin = ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin() != 0	# elese if Windows
    return is_admin