From 64106a4a77d7b29940f82d57ff038f58d9e9d51b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dido18 <davideneri18@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:18:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add WindowVisibility option to RunElevated on Windows

---
 runas_windows.go | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runas_windows.go b/runas_windows.go
index 418f530..8ea520d 100644
--- a/runas_windows.go
+++ b/runas_windows.go
@@ -123,9 +123,16 @@ func shellExecuteError(code windows.Handle) error {
 	}
 }
 
+type WindowVisibility int
+
+const (
+	WindowHidden WindowVisibility = iota
+	WindowShown
+)
+
 // RunElevated starts the given process with elevated priviledges.
 // An UAC prompt is displayed to the user to confirm the action.
-func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompletion bool) (int, error) {
+func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompletion bool, visibility WindowVisibility) (int, error) {
 	var verb, file, directory, parameters *uint16
 	var err error
 
@@ -142,13 +149,23 @@ func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompleti
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
+	var showMode int32
+	switch visibility {
+	case WindowHidden:
+		showMode = windows.SW_SHOW
+	case WindowShown:
+		showMode = windows.SW_HIDE
+	default:
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid visibility mode: %d", visibility)
+	}
+
 	execInfo := &shellExecuteInfo{
 		size:       uint32(unsafe.Sizeof(shellExecuteInfo{})),
 		verb:       verb,
 		directory:  directory,
 		file:       file,
 		parameters: parameters,
-		show:       windows.SW_HIDE,
+		show:       showMode,
 		mask:       SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS,
 	}
 	if !shellExecuteEx(execInfo) {

From 7d00b16f1db7e9a70592af1996913b9f9866d746 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dido18 <davideneri18@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:40:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Replace WindowVisibility with showWindow bool in
 RunElevated

---
 runas_windows.go | 18 +++---------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runas_windows.go b/runas_windows.go
index 8ea520d..fc9d37c 100644
--- a/runas_windows.go
+++ b/runas_windows.go
@@ -123,16 +123,9 @@ func shellExecuteError(code windows.Handle) error {
 	}
 }
 
-type WindowVisibility int
-
-const (
-	WindowHidden WindowVisibility = iota
-	WindowShown
-)
-
 // RunElevated starts the given process with elevated priviledges.
 // An UAC prompt is displayed to the user to confirm the action.
-func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompletion bool, visibility WindowVisibility) (int, error) {
+func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompletion bool, showWindow bool) (int, error) {
 	var verb, file, directory, parameters *uint16
 	var err error
 
@@ -149,14 +142,9 @@ func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompleti
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	var showMode int32
-	switch visibility {
-	case WindowHidden:
+	var showMode int32 = windows.SW_HIDE
+	if showWindow {
 		showMode = windows.SW_SHOW
-	case WindowShown:
-		showMode = windows.SW_HIDE
-	default:
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid visibility mode: %d", visibility)
 	}
 
 	execInfo := &shellExecuteInfo{

From ceb6b92a883e20a5895890715bd4b706a72d0a7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dido18 <davideneri18@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:53:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Rename showWindow to hideWindow in RunElevated function

---
 runas_windows.go | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runas_windows.go b/runas_windows.go
index fc9d37c..ff25888 100644
--- a/runas_windows.go
+++ b/runas_windows.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func shellExecuteError(code windows.Handle) error {
 
 // RunElevated starts the given process with elevated priviledges.
 // An UAC prompt is displayed to the user to confirm the action.
-func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompletion bool, showWindow bool) (int, error) {
+func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompletion bool, hideWindow bool) (int, error) {
 	var verb, file, directory, parameters *uint16
 	var err error
 
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompleti
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	var showMode int32 = windows.SW_HIDE
-	if showWindow {
-		showMode = windows.SW_SHOW
+	var showMode int32 = windows.SW_SHOW
+	if hideWindow {
+		showMode = windows.SW_HIDE
 	}
 
 	execInfo := &shellExecuteInfo{