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..48ffa5eb713a27b555bf815713d4b4614153d8c6 100644
--- a/base/process/launch.h
+++ b/base/process/launch.h
@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ 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 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,

[Robert Sesek, 2014/02/03 22:30:22]

There's already a OS_WIN specific Launch function above. Can you put it there
(line 150) instead of just at the bottom of the file? Same in the .cc file.

[Drew Haven, 2014/02/04 21:25:54]

Done.

+                                       const LaunchOptions& options,
+                                       ProcessHandle* process_handle);
+#endif
 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_