From c4391ac6f3239d81093449948d16b2233cacdb3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fireice-uk <fireice-uk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:49:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Stop UAC popup for elevated ctx

---
 xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp | 40 +++------------------------------------
 xmrstak/misc/uac.hpp      | 19 +++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp b/xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp
index 828f714..145e4e6 100644
--- a/xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp
+++ b/xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #	define strcasecmp _stricmp
 #	include <windows.h>
+#	include "xmrstak/misc/uac.hpp"
 #endif // _WIN32
 
 void do_benchmark();
@@ -309,41 +310,6 @@ void do_guided_config()
 	std::cout<<"Configuration stored in file '"<<params::inst().configFile<<"'"<<std::endl;
 }
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-/** start the miner as administrator
- *
- * This function based on the stackoverflow post
- *   - source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4893508
- *   - author: Cody Gray
- *   - date: Feb 4 '11
- */
-void UACDialog(const std::string& binaryName, std::string& args)
-{
-		args += " --noUAC";
-		SHELLEXECUTEINFO shExInfo = {0};
-		shExInfo.cbSize = sizeof(shExInfo);
-		shExInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
-		shExInfo.hwnd = 0;
-		shExInfo.lpVerb = "runas";     
-		shExInfo.lpFile = binaryName.c_str();
-		// disable UAC dialog (else the miner will go into a infinite loop)
-		shExInfo.lpParameters = args.c_str();
-		shExInfo.lpDirectory = 0;
-		shExInfo.nShow = SW_SHOW;
-		shExInfo.hInstApp = 0;
-		
-		if(ShellExecuteEx(&shExInfo))
-		{
-			printer::inst()->print_msg(L0,
-				"This window has been opened because xmr-stak needed to run as administrator.  It can be safely closed now.");
-			WaitForSingleObject(shExInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
-			CloseHandle(shExInfo.hProcess);
-			// do not start the miner twice
-			std::exit(0);
-		}
-}
-#endif
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 #ifndef CONF_NO_TLS
@@ -551,7 +517,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	if(uacDialog)
+	if(uacDialog && !IsElevated())
 	{
 		std::string minerArgs;
 		for(int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
@@ -560,7 +526,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			minerArgs += argv[i];
 		}
 
-		UACDialog(argv[0], minerArgs);
+		SelfElevate(argv[0], minerArgs);
 	}
 #endif
 	
diff --git a/xmrstak/misc/uac.hpp b/xmrstak/misc/uac.hpp
index fdf3be9..55c5f1a 100644
--- a/xmrstak/misc/uac.hpp
+++ b/xmrstak/misc/uac.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "xmrstak/misc/console.hpp"
+
+#include <string>
 #include <windows.h>
 
 BOOL IsElevated() 
@@ -17,18 +22,18 @@ BOOL IsElevated()
 	return fRet;
 }
 
-BOOL SelfElevate(const char* my_path)
+BOOL SelfElevate(const char* my_path, const std::string& params)
 {
 	if (IsElevated())
 		return FALSE;
 
 	SHELLEXECUTEINFO shExecInfo = { 0 };
 	shExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
-	shExecInfo.fMask = NULL;
+	shExecInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
 	shExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
 	shExecInfo.lpVerb = "runas";
 	shExecInfo.lpFile = my_path;
-	shExecInfo.lpParameters = NULL;
+	shExecInfo.lpParameters = params.c_str();
 	shExecInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
 	shExecInfo.nShow = SW_SHOW;
 	shExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;
@@ -36,9 +41,11 @@ BOOL SelfElevate(const char* my_path)
 	if (!ShellExecuteEx(&shExecInfo))
 		return FALSE;
 
-	// Hide our window and loiter in the background to make scripting easier
-	// ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE);
-	// WaitForSingleObject(shExecInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
+	// Loiter in the background to make scripting easier
+	printer::inst()->print_msg(L0, "This window has been opened because xmr-stak needed to run as administrator.  It can be safely closed now.");
+	WaitForSingleObject(shExecInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
+	std::exit(0);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
+#endif