[windows] Warn if user runs Fontra Pak as "administrator"

[justvanrossum]

Running as administrator makes drag & drop onto the Fontra Pak window not work.

Perhaps we should show a dialog in this case?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59801177/use-python-to-check-if-some-process-is-running-as-administrator

# Source - https://stackoverflow.com/a/59801430
# Posted by robobrno
# Retrieved 2026-03-04, License - CC BY-SA 4.0

import ctypes
print ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()

[justvanrossum]

Not sure how common this issue is, so maybe not worth solving.

[DaMa-IT]

A user would have to specifically Right Click > Run As Adminstator which seems like an unusual action for anyone to do.

A warning couldn't hurt, although an alternative would be to have a file open button on all platforms in case drag/drop fails for whatever (other) niche reasons.

Not sure how tricky that is to pull off with .ufo folders being supported.

[justvanrossum]

A user would have to specifically Right Click > Run As Adminstator which seems like an unusual action for anyone to do.

I've had at least one person do this...

Not sure how tricky that is to pull off with .ufo folders being supported.

And .fontra. That's indeed the main reason we don't have an open menu/button yet. Qt does not offer a "select file or folder" dialog out of the box. It may be solvable, though.