Function RunProcessAsAdmin

qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp:3053–3202

}

bool RunProcessAsAdmin(const QString &fullExecutablePath, const QStringList &params,
                       QWidget *parent, bool hidden, std::function<void()> finishedCallback)
{
#if defined(Q_OS_WIN32)

  std::wstring wideExe = QDir::toNativeSeparators(fullExecutablePath).toStdWString();
  std::wstring wideParams;

  for(QString p : params)
  {
    wideParams += L"\"";
    wideParams += p.toStdWString();
    wideParams += L"\" ";
  }

  SHELLEXECUTEINFOW info = {};
  info.cbSize = sizeof(info);
  info.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
  info.lpVerb = L"runas";
  info.lpFile = wideExe.c_str();
  info.lpParameters = wideParams.c_str();
  info.nShow = hidden ? SW_HIDE : SW_SHOWNORMAL;

  ShellExecuteExW(&info);

  if((uintptr_t)info.hInstApp > 32 && info.hProcess != NULL)
  {
    if(finishedCallback)
    {
      HANDLE h = info.hProcess;

      // do the wait on another thread
      LambdaThread *thread = new LambdaThread([h, parent, finishedCallback]() {
        WaitForSingleObject(h, 30000);
        CloseHandle(h);
        GUIInvoke::call(parent, finishedCallback);
      });
      thread->selfDelete(true);
      thread->start();
    }
    else
    {
      CloseHandle(info.hProcess);
    }

    return true;
  }

  return false;

#else
  // try to find a way to run the application elevated.
  const QString graphicalSudo[] = {
      lit("kdesudo"),
      lit("gksudo"),
      lit("beesu"),
  };