tratto da https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19672352/how-to-run-script-with-elevated-privilege-on-windows#19694262

Ho cercato di adattare il codice a python3.x

La funzione nuda e cruda che fa il lavoro sporco è questa:

#!python
# coding: utf-8
import sys, os
import ctypes
 
def run_as_admin(argv=None, debug=False):
    shell32 = ctypes.windll.shell32
    if shell32.IsUserAnAdmin():
        return True
 
    executable='mioprog.exe'
    argument_line='-run'
    ret = shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, u"runas", executable, argument_line, None, 1)
    if int(ret) <= 32:
        return False
    return None

Lancia mioprog.exe con argomento “-run”

Di seguito il codice integrale:

#!python
# coding: utf-8
import sys
import ctypes
 
def run_as_admin(argv=None, debug=False):
    shell32 = ctypes.windll.shell32
    if argv is None and shell32.IsUserAnAdmin():
        return True
 
    if argv is None:
        argv = sys.argv
    if hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
        # Support pyinstaller wrapped program.
        #arguments = map(unicode, argv[1:])
        arguments = argv[1:]
    else:
        #arguments = map(unicode, argv)
        arguments = argv
    argument_line = u' '.join(arguments)
    executable = sys.executable
    if debug:
        print ('Command line: ', executable, argument_line)
    ret = shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, u"runas", executable, argument_line, None, 1)
    if int(ret) <= 32:
        return False
    return None
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    ret = run_as_admin()
    if ret is True:
        print ('I have admin privilege.')
        input('Press ENTER to exit.')
    elif ret is None:
        print ('I am elevating to admin privilege.')
        input('Press ENTER to exit.')
    else:
        print ('Error(ret=%d): cannot elevate privilege.' % (ret, ))