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hotfix: Add hideWindow option to RunElevated on Windows #7

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Add WindowVisibility option to RunElevated on Windows
dido18 Dec 15, 2025
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Replace WindowVisibility with showWindow bool in RunElevated
dido18 Dec 15, 2025
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Rename showWindow to hideWindow in RunElevated function
dido18 Dec 15, 2025
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions runas_windows.go
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Expand Up @@ -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) (int, error) {
func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompletion bool, hideWindow bool) (int, error) {
var verb, file, directory, parameters *uint16
var err error

Expand All @@ -142,13 +142,18 @@ func RunElevated(executable, workingDir string, args []string, awaitProcCompleti
return 0, err
}

var showMode int32 = windows.SW_SHOW
if hideWindow {
showMode = windows.SW_HIDE
}

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) {
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