Elevating a ProcessBuilder process via UAC?

Question

I\'m trying to run an external executable, but apparently it needs elevation. The code is this, modified from an example of using ProcessBuilder (hence the array with one a

Answer 1

Prunge's answer works fine for me.But after doing a bit more research ,I found out another approach using vb script and batch file.I prefer this approach because using vb-script does not cause black cmd window to pop up every time,when I open my application.

1. Create an ordinary bat file to open the external executable file. I am going to open a MySQL server executable file

   @echo off
   cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin"
   :: Title not needed:
   start /MIN  mysqld.exe
   exit
   

2. Save it as mysql.bat

3. Now create a vb script with admin privileges and at the end add script to open mysql.bat file.

At the end CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run runs the bat file mysql.bat.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")'
 If WScript.Arguments.length = 0 Then
    Set ObjShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
    ObjShell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & _
    WScript.ScriptFullName & """" &_
    " RunAsAdministrator", , "runas", 1
    Wscript.Quit
    End if
    CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "C:\Users\Shersha\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Berries\batch\mysql.bat",0,True

4. Now save this file as mysql_start.vbs
5. Finally Run vb script from java .

Thats it

 try {
    Runtime.getRuntime().exec("wscript C:\\\\Users\\\\Shersha\\\\Documents\\\\NetBeansProjects\\\\Berries\\\\batch\\\\mysql_start.vbs");
        } catch (IOException e) {
                            System.out.println(e);
                            System.exit(0);
        }