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..cb8afd626e47b6d637bccc7d68ad29a96fa34bf4 100644
--- a/base/process/launch.h
+++ b/base/process/launch.h
@@ -215,6 +215,18 @@ BASE_EXPORT void RaiseProcessToHighPriority();
 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 liie OpenProcess will fail. The process will

[mef, 2013/12/18 21:02:10]

nit: like

[Drew Haven, 2014/01/09 01:15:14]

Done.

+// be available through the |process_handle| argument.  Currently the only
+// option that is supported from LaunchOptions is start_hidden.
+BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchElevatedProcess(const CommandLine& cmdline,
+                                       const LaunchOptions& options,
+                                       ProcessHandle* process_handle);
+#endif
+
 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_