I want my Python script to copy files on Vista. When I run it from a normal cmd.exe window, no errors are generated, yet the files are NOT copied. If I run cmd.exe "as administator" and then run my script, it works fine. This makes sense since User Account Control (UAC) normally prevents many file system actions. Is there a way I can, from within a Python script, invoke a UAC elevation request (those dialogs that say something like "such and such app needs admin access, is this OK?") If that's not possible, is there a way my script can at least detect that it is not elevated so it can fail gracefully? Continue reading...
