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Example Program to register and run a scheduled task as an Administrator.
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‎ElevatedNotepadExample.sln‎

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‎ElevatedNotepadExample.vcxproj‎

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‎ElevatedNotepadExample.vcxproj.filters‎

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‎Main.cpp‎

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struct IUnknown;
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#define NOMINMAX
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#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
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#include <Windows.h>
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#include <comdef.h>
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int MainAdmin(PWSTR pCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
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{
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STARTUPINFOW startupInfo = {};
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startupInfo.cb = sizeof(startupInfo);
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startupInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
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startupInfo.wShowWindow = nCmdShow;
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BOOL okay;
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PROCESS_INFORMATION processInformation = {};
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wchar_t systemDirectory[MAX_PATH];
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GetSystemDirectoryW(&systemDirectory[0], MAX_PATH);
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_bstr_t path;
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path += "\"";
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path += systemDirectory;
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path += "\\notepad.exe\" ";
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path += pCmdLine;
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okay = CreateProcess(NULL, path, NULL, NULL, false, 0, NULL, NULL, &startupInfo, &processInformation);
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DWORD lastErr = GetLastError();
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if (okay)
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{
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CloseHandle(processInformation.hProcess);
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CloseHandle(processInformation.hThread);
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}
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return !okay;
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}

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