uac_wrapper.pyw

#! /usr/bin/python3

import ctypes
import sys


def is_admin():
    try:
        return ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()
    except:
        return False


def run():
    if is_admin():
        return True
    else:
        ctypes.windll.shell32.ShellExecuteW(
            None, "runas", sys.executable, ' '.join(sys.argv[1:]), None, 1)
        sys.exit()


def run_as_admin(file):
    ctypes.windll.shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, "open", file, "", None, 1)


def main():
    run()
    import launch
    launch.main()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()