win-nice 0.1.0

package/bin/abovenormal.ps1

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+# win-nice: managed-file
+# No param(): nothing here needs a named parameter, and $args sidesteps
+# PowerShell's parameter binder entirely - see cap.ps1 for why that matters.
+$Command = $args
+
+if (-not $Command -or $Command.Count -eq 0) {
+    Write-Error "usage: abovenormal <command> [args...]"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Fallback command line for when the target isn't a directly-launchable .exe (see
+# AboveNormalLauncher.Run below) - re-parsed by cmd.exe (via "cmd.exe /c"), so quoting must
+# neutralize its operators (&|<>^) and not just whitespace - see cap.ps1 for the
+# same logic and its documented "%" limitation. abovenormal.bat has its own, more
+# severe "%" caveat (see there) that applies before this script ever runs.
+$commandLine = ($Command | ForEach-Object {
+    $escaped = $_ -replace '"', '\"'
+    if ($escaped -eq '' -or $escaped -match '[\s"&|<>^]') { '"' + $escaped + '"' } else { $escaped }
+}) -join ' '
+
+$source = @"
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+public static class AboveNormalLauncher
+{
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+    struct STARTUPINFO
+    {
+        public int cb;
+        public string lpReserved;
+        public string lpDesktop;
+        public string lpTitle;
+        public int dwX;
+        public int dwY;
+        public int dwXSize;
+        public int dwYSize;
+        public int dwXCountChars;
+        public int dwYCountChars;
+        public int dwFillAttribute;
+        public int dwFlags;
+        public short wShowWindow;
+        public short cbReserved2;
+        public IntPtr lpReserved2;
+        public IntPtr hStdInput;
+        public IntPtr hStdOutput;
+        public IntPtr hStdError;
+    }
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    struct PROCESS_INFORMATION
+    {
+        public IntPtr hProcess;
+        public IntPtr hThread;
+        public int dwProcessId;
+        public int dwThreadId;
+    }
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+    static extern bool CreateProcess(string lpApplicationName, StringBuilder lpCommandLine,
+        IntPtr lpProcessAttributes, IntPtr lpThreadAttributes, bool bInheritHandles,
+        uint dwCreationFlags, IntPtr lpEnvironment, string lpCurrentDirectory,
+        ref STARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo, out PROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation);
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    static extern uint WaitForSingleObject(IntPtr hHandle, uint dwMilliseconds);
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    static extern bool GetExitCodeProcess(IntPtr hProcess, out uint lpExitCode);
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
+    static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr hObject);
+
+    // Standard MSVCRT/CommandLineToArgvW quoting: safe for a directly-launched .exe's
+    // own argv parsing. No cmd.exe involved on this path, so none of its operator or
+    // "%" expansion semantics apply - this is the safe path, used whenever possible.
+    static string ArgvQuote(string arg)
+    {
+        if (arg.Length > 0 && arg.IndexOfAny(new char[] { ' ', '\t', '\n', '\v', '"' }) < 0)
+            return arg;
+
+        var result = new StringBuilder();
+        result.Append('"');
+        int backslashes = 0;
+        foreach (char c in arg)
+        {
+            if (c == '\\')
+            {
+                backslashes++;
+            }
+            else if (c == '"')
+            {
+                result.Append('\\', backslashes * 2 + 1);
+                result.Append('"');
+                backslashes = 0;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (backslashes > 0) { result.Append('\\', backslashes); backslashes = 0; }
+                result.Append(c);
+            }
+        }
+        if (backslashes > 0) result.Append('\\', backslashes * 2);
+        result.Append('"');
+        return result.ToString();
+    }
+
+    static string BuildArgvCommandLine(string[] argv)
+    {
+        var parts = new string[argv.Length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < argv.Length; i++) parts[i] = ArgvQuote(argv[i]);
+        return string.Join(" ", parts);
+    }
+
+    // Priority is passed via dwCreationFlags, applied atomically at creation - no
+    // Job Object needed. Windows' CreateProcess inherits IDLE/BELOW_NORMAL priority
+    // by default to children that don't request a priority of their own; ABOVE_NORMAL
+    // and higher are NOT inherited by default (see README).
+    public static int Run(uint priorityClass, string[] argv, string cmdExeCommandLine)
+    {
+        var si = new STARTUPINFO();
+        si.cb = Marshal.SizeOf(si);
+        PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = new PROCESS_INFORMATION();
+
+        // See cap.ps1 for why .bat/.cmd targets skip the direct attempt entirely:
+        // CreateProcess silently re-invokes them through cmd.exe on its own, using
+        // unescaped text, instead of failing the way a genuinely missing exe would.
+        bool isBatOrCmd = argv.Length > 0 && (
+            argv[0].EndsWith(".bat", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+            argv[0].EndsWith(".cmd", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+        bool created = false;
+        if (!isBatOrCmd)
+        {
+            var directCommandLine = new StringBuilder(BuildArgvCommandLine(argv));
+            created = CreateProcess(null, directCommandLine, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, true,
+                priorityClass, IntPtr.Zero, null, ref si, out pi);
+        }
+
+        if (!created)
+        {
+            // Falling back to cmd.exe /c: a literal "%" in any argument could now
+            // trigger environment-variable expansion (cmd.exe pairs up "%" characters
+            // across the whole command line, even across separate arguments) and
+            // change what actually runs. Fail loudly here instead of silently risking
+            // that - there's no reliable per-character escape for "%" at this level.
+            foreach (var a in argv)
+            {
+                if (a.IndexOf('%') >= 0)
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        "Refusing to run: argument contains '%' and the target needs the cmd.exe " +
+                        "fallback (not a directly-launchable .exe), where '%' can trigger unintended " +
+                        "environment-variable expansion. See README's Argument handling section.");
+            }
+
+            string cmdExe = Environment.SystemDirectory + "\\cmd.exe";
+            // /d: skip HKCU AutoRun (user-writable registry key). /v:off: disable delayed
+            // expansion so "!var!" in an argument can't be expanded. /s plus the extra outer
+            // quote pair: cmd's /S rule strips exactly that outer pair and leaves the rest of
+            // the string untouched - without /S, cmd strips the first and last quote of the
+            // whole line instead, which breaks quoting whenever the target path itself needs
+            // quotes AND another argument is also quoted.
+            var shellCommandLine = new StringBuilder("\"" + cmdExe + "\" /d /v:off /s /c \"" + cmdExeCommandLine + "\"");
+            created = CreateProcess(null, shellCommandLine, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, true,
+                priorityClass, IntPtr.Zero, null, ref si, out pi);
+            if (!created)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("CreateProcess failed: " + Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());
+        }
+
+        WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+
+        uint exitCode;
+        GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, out exitCode);
+
+        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
+
+        return (int)exitCode;
+    }
+}
+"@
+
+Add-Type -TypeDefinition $source -Language CSharp
+
+$ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = 0x00008000
+try {
+    exit ([AboveNormalLauncher]::Run($ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, [string[]]$Command, $commandLine))
+} catch {
+    Write-Error $_.Exception.InnerException.Message
+    exit 1
+}

package/bin/admin

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+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+# win-nice: managed-file
+# Git Bash ignores PATHEXT for bare-name resolution; this shim covers that shell.
+# MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL='*' stops Git Bash/MSYS from rewriting user arguments
+# (e.g. /c, /d, C:\...) into Windows paths before the exec; the shim's own
+# .ps1 path is converted explicitly with cygpath -w so -File gets a Windows path.
+MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL='*'
+export MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL
+script=$(cygpath -w "$(dirname "$0")/admin.ps1" 2>/dev/null) || script="$(dirname "$0")/admin.ps1"
+exec powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$script" "$@"

package/bin/admin.bat

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+@echo off
+:: SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+:: win-nice: managed-file
+if "%~1"=="" (
+    echo usage: admin ^<command^> [args...] 1>&2
+    exit /b 1
+)
+:: A literal "%" in any argument gets corrupted here - see cap.bat for why (a
+:: cmd.exe batch-parameter quirk, not fixable from inside a .bat). Every other
+:: cmd.exe metacharacter (&|<>^) survives this hop untouched. Invoking "admin"
+:: bare from an actual PowerShell session skips this file (admin.ps1 preferred).
+powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "%~dp0admin.ps1" %*

package/bin/admin.ps1

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+# win-nice: managed-file
+$Command = $args
+# Deliberately no [Parameter()]/[CmdletBinding()] attributes: see cap.ps1 for why -
+# it would expose PowerShell's common parameters and make them ambiguously
+# prefix-match flags meant for the wrapped command.
+
+if (-not $Command -or $Command.Count -eq 0) {
+    Write-Error "usage: admin <command> [args...]"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Fallback command line for the UAC (-Verb RunAs) branch, and for the inline branch
+# when the target isn't a directly-launchable .exe (see AdminLauncher.Run below) -
+# re-parsed by cmd.exe, so quoting must neutralize its operators (&|<>^) and not
+# just whitespace - see cap.ps1 for the same logic and its documented "%" limitation.
+$commandLine = ($Command | ForEach-Object {
+    $escaped = $_ -replace '"', '\"'
+    if ($escaped -eq '' -or $escaped -match '[\s"&|<>^]') { '"' + $escaped + '"' } else { $escaped }
+}) -join ' '
+
+$isAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)
+
+# AdminLauncher (embedded C#): direct-CreateProcess-first, cmd.exe-fallback launcher,
+# same strategy as cap.ps1's Capper - a direct .exe target never touches cmd.exe, so
+# it isn't exposed to "%" expansion at all. Defined unconditionally (not only inside
+# the already-elevated branch below) because the not-yet-elevated branch also calls
+# AdminLauncher.BuildArgvCommandLine for its own direct (non-cmd.exe) -Verb RunAs launch.
+$source = @"
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+public static class AdminLauncher
+{
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+    struct STARTUPINFO
+    {
+        public int cb;
+        public string lpReserved;
+        public string lpDesktop;
+        public string lpTitle;
+        public int dwX;
+        public int dwY;
+        public int dwXSize;
+        public int dwYSize;
+        public int dwXCountChars;
+        public int dwYCountChars;
+        public int dwFillAttribute;
+        public int dwFlags;
+        public short wShowWindow;
+        public short cbReserved2;
+        public IntPtr lpReserved2;
+        public IntPtr hStdInput;
+        public IntPtr hStdOutput;
+        public IntPtr hStdError;
+    }
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    struct PROCESS_INFORMATION
+    {
+        public IntPtr hProcess;
+        public IntPtr hThread;
+        public int dwProcessId;
+        public int dwThreadId;
+    }
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+    static extern bool CreateProcess(string lpApplicationName, StringBuilder lpCommandLine,
+        IntPtr lpProcessAttributes, IntPtr lpThreadAttributes, bool bInheritHandles,
+        uint dwCreationFlags, IntPtr lpEnvironment, string lpCurrentDirectory,
+        ref STARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo, out PROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation);
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    static extern uint WaitForSingleObject(IntPtr hHandle, uint dwMilliseconds);
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    static extern bool GetExitCodeProcess(IntPtr hProcess, out uint lpExitCode);
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
+    static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr hObject);
+
+    static string ArgvQuote(string arg)
+    {
+        if (arg.Length > 0 && arg.IndexOfAny(new char[] { ' ', '\t', '\n', '\v', '"' }) < 0)
+            return arg;
+
+        var result = new StringBuilder();
+        result.Append('"');
+        int backslashes = 0;
+        foreach (char c in arg)
+        {
+            if (c == '\\')
+            {
+                backslashes++;
+            }
+            else if (c == '"')
+            {
+                result.Append('\\', backslashes * 2 + 1);
+                result.Append('"');
+                backslashes = 0;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (backslashes > 0) { result.Append('\\', backslashes); backslashes = 0; }
+                result.Append(c);
+            }
+        }
+        if (backslashes > 0) result.Append('\\', backslashes * 2);
+        result.Append('"');
+        return result.ToString();
+    }
+
+    // Public: reused from PowerShell by the not-yet-elevated branch to build the
+    // -ArgumentList for a direct (non-cmd.exe) -Verb RunAs launch, so that path gets
+    // the same CRT argv quoting as this file's own direct-CreateProcess path.
+    public static string BuildArgvCommandLine(string[] argv)
+    {
+        var parts = new string[argv.Length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < argv.Length; i++) parts[i] = ArgvQuote(argv[i]);
+        return string.Join(" ", parts);
+    }
+
+    public static int Run(string[] argv, string cmdExeCommandLine)
+    {
+        var si = new STARTUPINFO();
+        si.cb = Marshal.SizeOf(si);
+        PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = new PROCESS_INFORMATION();
+
+        bool isBatOrCmd = argv.Length > 0 && (
+            argv[0].EndsWith(".bat", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+            argv[0].EndsWith(".cmd", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+        bool created = false;
+        if (!isBatOrCmd)
+        {
+            var directCommandLine = new StringBuilder(BuildArgvCommandLine(argv));
+            created = CreateProcess(null, directCommandLine, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, true,
+                0, IntPtr.Zero, null, ref si, out pi);
+        }
+
+        if (!created)
+        {
+            // Falling back to cmd.exe /c: a literal "%" in any argument could now
+            // trigger environment-variable expansion (cmd.exe pairs up "%" characters
+            // across the whole command line, even across separate arguments) and
+            // change what actually runs. Fail loudly here instead of silently risking
+            // that - there's no reliable per-character escape for "%" at this level.
+            foreach (var a in argv)
+            {
+                if (a.IndexOf('%') >= 0)
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        "Refusing to run: argument contains '%' and the target needs the cmd.exe " +
+                        "fallback (not a directly-launchable .exe), where '%' can trigger unintended " +
+                        "environment-variable expansion. See README's Argument handling section.");
+            }
+
+            // /d /s /v:off plus wrapping cmdExeCommandLine in one more outer quote pair:
+            // cmd.exe's /C quote-stripping only cleanly strips the outer pair when it's
+            // the sole/last quote pair on the line; with cmdExeCommandLine's own internal
+            // quoted args present, cmd's "exactly two quotes" rule doesn't apply and it
+            // falls back to stripping the first char and the LAST quote anywhere on the
+            // line - which, without this extra wrap, is one of OUR internal quotes and
+            // corrupts the parse (reopening "&" injection). The extra pair guarantees the
+            // added closing quote is the true last character, so strip-first/strip-last
+            // removes exactly our wrap and nothing else. /v:off pre-empts delayed-expansion
+            // ("!VAR!") risk the same way the "%" check above pre-empts "%" expansion.
+            string cmdExe = Environment.SystemDirectory + "\\cmd.exe";
+            var shellCommandLine = new StringBuilder(
+                "\"" + cmdExe + "\" /d /s /v:off /c \"" + cmdExeCommandLine + "\"");
+            created = CreateProcess(null, shellCommandLine, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, true,
+                0, IntPtr.Zero, null, ref si, out pi);
+            if (!created)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("CreateProcess failed: " + Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());
+        }
+
+        WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+
+        uint exitCode;
+        GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, out exitCode);
+
+        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
+
+        return (int)exitCode;
+    }
+}
+"@
+Add-Type -TypeDefinition $source -Language CSharp
+
+if ($isAdmin) {
+    # Already elevated - launch inline, sharing the current console.
+    try {
+        exit ([AdminLauncher]::Run([string[]]$Command, $commandLine))
+    } catch {
+        Write-Error $_.Exception.InnerException.Message
+        exit 1
+    }
+}
+
+# Not elevated - -Verb RunAs triggers the UAC consent prompt. ShellExecute-based, not
+# CreateProcess, so this always opens its own console window (incompatible with
+# -NoNewWindow). Same direct-launch-first, cmd.exe-fallback strategy as the
+# already-elevated branch above (AdminLauncher.Run): a target that resolves to a real
+# Application (.exe) launches directly via -FilePath - never touching cmd.exe and so
+# never exposed to "%"/quote-stripping risk - while a .bat/.cmd target (no direct
+# elevation-capable equivalent to CreateProcess's own .bat/.cmd auto-relaunch) and a
+# target that resolves to no Application at all both go through the cmd.exe fallback
+# below. The unresolvable case is the important one: cmd.exe BUILTINS (ver, dir,
+# echo, set, start, ...) aren't files, so Start-Process -FilePath would die with
+# "The system cannot find the file specified" before any UAC prompt - they must take
+# the fallback like every other launcher's CreateProcess-failed branch does.
+# Get-Command with -CommandType Application is the resolver: builtins and PowerShell
+# aliases/functions (dir, echo, start) are invisible to it, which routes them to the
+# fallback, while real executables resolve. Standalone function so the routing
+# decision is testable without ever reaching -Verb RunAs (a real UAC prompt).
+function Get-AdminLaunchRoute {
+    param([Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Target)
+    if ($Target -match '\.(bat|cmd)$') { return 'CmdFallback' }
+    $resolved = Get-Command -Name ([System.Management.Automation.WildcardPattern]::Escape($Target)) -CommandType Application -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    if ($resolved -and $resolved.Path -and $resolved.Path -notmatch '\.(bat|cmd)$') { return 'Direct' }
+    return 'CmdFallback'
+}
+
+$route = Get-AdminLaunchRoute -Target $Command[0]
+
+if ($route -eq 'CmdFallback') {
+    foreach ($a in $Command) {
+        if ("$a".Contains('%')) {
+            Write-Error "Refusing to run: argument contains '%', which cmd.exe could expand as an environment variable during elevation. See README's Argument handling section."
+            exit 1
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    if ($route -eq 'CmdFallback') {
+        # Same /d /s /v:off + outer-quote-wrap fix as AdminLauncher.Run's cmd.exe
+        # fallback, and for the same reason: cmd.exe's /C quote-stripping.
+        $p = Start-Process -FilePath 'cmd.exe' -ArgumentList @('/d', '/s', '/v:off', '/c', ('"' + $commandLine + '"')) -Verb RunAs -Wait -PassThru
+    } else {
+        $startArgs = @{
+            FilePath = $Command[0]
+            Verb = 'RunAs'
+            Wait = $true
+            PassThru = $true
+        }
+        if ($Command.Count -gt 1) {
+            $rest = [string[]]$Command[1..($Command.Count - 1)]
+            $startArgs.ArgumentList = [AdminLauncher]::BuildArgvCommandLine($rest)
+        }
+        $p = Start-Process @startArgs
+    }
+} catch {
+    Write-Error "Elevation was cancelled or failed: $($_.Exception.Message)"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+exit $p.ExitCode

package/bin/belownormal

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+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+# win-nice: managed-file
+# Git Bash ignores PATHEXT for bare-name resolution; this shim covers that shell.
+# MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL='*' stops Git Bash/MSYS from rewriting user arguments
+# (e.g. /c, /d, C:\...) into Windows paths before the exec; the shim's own
+# .ps1 path is converted explicitly with cygpath -w so -File gets a Windows path.
+MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL='*'
+export MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL
+script=$(cygpath -w "$(dirname "$0")/belownormal.ps1" 2>/dev/null) || script="$(dirname "$0")/belownormal.ps1"
+exec powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$script" "$@"

package/bin/belownormal.bat

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+@echo off
+:: SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
+:: win-nice: managed-file
+if "%~1"=="" (
+    echo usage: belownormal ^<command^> [args...] 1>&2
+    exit /b 1
+)
+:: A literal "%" in any argument gets corrupted here - see cap.bat for why (a
+:: cmd.exe batch-parameter quirk, not fixable from inside a .bat). Every other
+:: cmd.exe metacharacter (&|<>^) survives this hop untouched. Invoking
+:: "belownormal" bare from an actual PowerShell session skips this file
+:: (belownormal.ps1 preferred).
+powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "%~dp0belownormal.ps1" %*