Run batch script as admin during Maven build

Question

I\'m trying to set up a build process during which, a Windows service has to be started and stopped. I tried doing that by using the exec-maven-plugin:

Answer 1

Thanks to @ACatInLove I have one working solution. It is based on their answer to mkdir in batch file as admin

The problem was that it was starting a new shell and not waiting for the batch script to finish. I had to modify the script to do so. I found a was to do that at How to wait for a shell process to finish before executing further code in VB6

This is the script:

imports System.Runtime.InteropServices 
Public Module MyApplication  
    Public Sub Main ()
        Dim hProcess As Long
        Dim taskId As Long
        Dim wshshell as object
        WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
        taskId = Shell("cmd /c " & Command())
        hProcess = OpenProcess(&H100000, True, taskId)
        Call WaitForSingleObject(hProcess, 10000)
        CloseHandle(hProcess)
    End Sub
    Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long
    Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
    Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long 
End Module

I copied the resulting .exe into my project folder and changed the exec-maven-plugin configuration to

..\RunAsAdminConsole.exe startService.cmd

The only restriction is that UAC pops up but I was anticipating that.

I will leave my question open to other suggestions for now. Please give @ACatInLove some credit over at mkdir in batch file as admin