title: Requesting administrator privileges at run time
body: <p>Is it possible to get a C++ application running in Windows to request administrator privileges from the operating system at run time?</p>
  
  <p>I know it can be done at compile time, but can't seem to find anywhere whether it can be done at run time.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help!</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: What if I want the current instance to have elevated privileges? For example, I might have data stored in memory which I want to keep.</p>