Launches a privileged utility process.

base/process/launch.h

 // Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // This file contains functions for launching subprocesses.
 
 #ifndef BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
 #define BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
 
 #include <set>
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 // Restore the default exception handler, setting it to Apple Crash Reporter
 // (ReportCrash).  When forking and execing a new process, the child will
 // inherit the parent's exception ports, which may be set to the Breakpad
 // instance running inside the parent.  The parent's Breakpad instance should
 // not handle the child's exceptions.  Calling RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler
 // in the child after forking will restore the standard exception handler.
 // See http://crbug.com/20371/ for more details.
 void RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler();
 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
 
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+// Launches a process with elevated privileges.  This does not behave exactly
+// like LaunchProcess as it uses ShellExecuteEx instead of CreateProcess to
+// create the process.  This means the process will have elevated privileges
+// and thus some common operations like OpenProcess will fail. The process will
+// be available through the |process_handle| argument.  Currently the only
+// option that is supported from LaunchOptions is start_hidden.

[mef, 2014/01/10 18:22:55]

and |wait|.

[Drew Haven, 2014/01/16 02:52:05]

Good catch. Done.

+BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchElevatedProcess(const CommandLine& cmdline,
+                                       const LaunchOptions& options,
+                                       ProcessHandle* process_handle);
+#endif
+
 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_