Deliberately Bringing Up the Windows UAC Dialog ("Do you trust this program?")

[smarty3b]

I want to be able to run a script and have Windows' "Allow this program to make changes?" thing pop up. Like this:

My findings thus far:
* It's called "UAC," or "User Account Control." It's triggered by a program wanting to run as administrator — so that's what I need to make happen.
* Ruby does indeed have the ability, but it uses "win32ole," which isn't included in RGSS. The former is shown here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8268154/run-ruby-script-in-elevated-mode/27954953 and the latter is shown here: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...uby-does-the-following-idea-make-sense.21574/
* If I'm not mistaken, I could do system(<something>, cmd.exe, and run a batch file that gets the job done. I assume there's a batch script in existence that would do what I want, but even if there were, I'm worried about it getting intercepted by security. I also don't want a CMD window visible in the background, although I'd be willing to sacrifice that if the rest of it could be made to work.
* I could also switch to MV (although I've never used it before) if being able to work with JavaScript instead of rgss would solve the problem. But right now, I'm stumped.

 

[cremnophobia]

ShellExecute can also be invoked via win32api. You don't need win32ole:

shellexecute = Win32API.new('shell32', 'ShellExecuteA', 'IPPPPI', 'I')
shellexecute.call(0, 'runas', 'calc.exe', nil, nil, 1)

 

[smarty3b]

ShellExecute can also be invoked via win32api. You don't need win32ole:

shellexecute = Win32API.new('shell32', 'ShellExecuteA', 'IPPPPI', 'I')
shellexecute.call(0, 'runas', 'calc.exe', nil, nil, 1)

Spectacular, thank you very much!

 

[smarty3b]

Posting the rest of my solution here in case anyone needs it:
I wanted an executable that didn't do anything, and for its name to show in the UAC prompt. I also wanted it to be stored in the game directory, so it'd always have it on hand.
By default, the command above runs executables in the System32 folder. I found out about rundll32.exe, which does nothing when you simply click on it — it expects arguments, and ends without a fuss when it doesn't get them. I then copy-pasted rundll32.exe into my game directory, renamed it "TRUST.exe," and used the following code in an event script to run it as an admin from the directory:

shellexecute = Win32API.new('shell32', 'ShellExecuteA', 'IPPPPI', 'I')
path = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))+"/"
puts path
shellexecute.call(0, 'runas', path+'TRUST.exe', nil, nil, 1)

Thank you!