How to start a java jar with administrators privileges on windows 7

Question

I am developing a grammar with ANTLRWorks on Windows 7. The ANTLRWorks debugger doesn't start unless ANTLRWorks has Administrator privileges. ANTLRWorks is delivered as one Java .jar which starts by a doubleclick on the file.

Question: How can I assure that the .jar file runs with Administrator Privileges ?

Answer 1

You can run cmd under Administrator and launch ANTRLWorks using java -jar command.

Answer 2

You may want to have a look at Johannes Passing's Opensource Tool Elevate.exe There are many possibilities of using it. You can make a wrapper jar or simply use a batch file with something like:

Elevate.exe javaw.exe -jar path-to-your-jar-file

and this will launch UAC prompt, when allowed will permit the jar to have elevated privileges.

if you do not like batch files, then you can write a simple wrapper class to do so. Normally i make another jar file as a launcher for the jar which requires admin access, and in the launcher file, simply execute external process with the above command, and this way my jar has admin privileges.

Answer 3

first, download this program from here http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/

then copy the "elevate.exe" file to the folder where your .jar file is.

Make, a .bat file as "elevate java -jar YourJARFile.jar". Run the .bat file.Simple as that.