[python-win32] Understanding "Access Denied" when calling win32process.TerminateProcess() from Run As Administrator prompt

[Michel Claveau]

Hi!

"Run As Administrator" prompt on Windows 7 has several oddities.
e.g.  if you have mapped disks (on LAN), try to do    DIR  R:    with command-line  "As Administrator" and "As User"  ...and you the problem.

@-salutations
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Michel Claveau 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tony Cappellini 
  To: python-win32 at python.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 9:03 PM
  Subject: [python-win32] Understanding "Access Denied" when calling win32process.TerminateProcess() from Run As Administrator prompt




  When running  from a "Run As Administrator" prompt on Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit,


  my Top-level python script spawns a process (which is another python script) using os.spawnv( )


  When the top-level script ends, it attemps to call win32process.TerminateProcess() with the handle

  that was created during the os.spawnv() call.


      win32process.TerminateProcess(self._handle, exitCode)
  pywintypes.error: (5, 'TerminateProcess', 'Access is denied.')


  is displayed.


  This runs on Windows XP just fine. Obviusly, Windows 7 is more stringent with security concerns.

  We use Python 2.3, so subprocess and multiprocess are not available.




  I don't understand why this is an issue when running from the "Run As Administrator" prompt.


  Are there any other workarounds- until we migrate to Python 2.7?

  Thanks



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