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Esther
Esther

Reputation: 21

Using Python to run .exe automatically

I have some .exe applications that were given to me by a supplier of sensors. They allow me to grab data at specific times and convert file types. But, I need to run them through the cmd manually, and I am trying to automate the process with Python. I am having trouble getting this to work.

So far, I have:

import sys
import ctypes
import subprocess

def is_admin():
    try:
        return ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()
    except:
        return False
if is_admin():
    process = subprocess.Popen('arcfetch C:/reftek/arc_pas *,2,*,20:280:12:00:000,+180', shell=True, cwd="C:/reftek/bin",
                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,)
    out = process.stdout.read()
    err = process.stderr.read()

else:
    # Re-run the program with admin rights
    ctypes.windll.shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, "runas", sys.executable, __file__, None, 1)

But, the "arcfetch" exe was not ran. Also, this requires me to allow Python to make changes to the hard drive each time, which won't work automatically.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 550

Answers (1)

Esther
Esther

Reputation: 21

After some playing around and assistance from comments, I was able to get it to work!

The final code:

import sys
import ctypes
import subprocess

def is_admin():
    try:
        return ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()
    except:
        return False
if is_admin():
    subprocess.run('arcfetch C:/reftek/arc_pas *,2,*,20:280:12:00:000,+180', shell=True, check=True, cwd="C:/reftek/bin")

else:
    # Re-run the program with admin rights
    ctypes.windll.shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, "runas", sys.executable, __file__, None, 1)

Edit: This still has the admin issue, but I can change the security settings on my computer for that.

Upvotes: 1

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