Launches a privileged utility process.

base/process/launch.h

Index: base/process/launch.h
diff --git a/base/process/launch.h b/base/process/launch.h
index ac2df5eee5f751c3c718190a62db078dbc826835..bf58bde304d767baa6cc87d85fe6877fc158769b 100644
--- a/base/process/launch.h
+++ b/base/process/launch.h
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchProcess(const string16& cmdline,
                                const LaunchOptions& options,
                                ProcessHandle* process_handle);
 
+// 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 are |start_hidden| and |wait|.
+BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchElevatedProcess(const CommandLine& cmdline,

[mef, 2014/02/05 16:28:15]

nit: Currently only supported LaunchOptions are |start_hidden| and |wait|.

[Drew Haven, 2014/02/05 20:13:22]

Done.

+                                       const LaunchOptions& options,
+                                       ProcessHandle* process_handle);
+
 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
 // A POSIX-specific version of LaunchProcess that takes an argv array
 // instead of a CommandLine.  Useful for situations where you need to
@@ -214,7 +224,6 @@ BASE_EXPORT void RaiseProcessToHighPriority();
 // See http://crbug.com/20371/ for more details.
 void RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler();
 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
-

[Robert Sesek, 2014/02/05 17:11:50]

nit: please restore/diff noise

[Drew Haven, 2014/02/05 20:13:22]

Done.

 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_