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Batch script to open an Administrator CMD shell

/ Published in: Windows PowerShell

This batch script writes a temporary .vbs file which will invoke a UAC prompt to open an administrator command prompt. This makes it easy to create a shortcut to an admin prompt.

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:: Automatically check & get admin rights
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@echo off
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO =============================
ECHO Running Admin shell
ECHO =============================

:checkPrivileges
NET FILE 1>NUL 2>NUL
if '%errorlevel%' == '0' ( goto gotPrivileges ) else ( goto getPrivileges )

:getPrivileges
if '%1'=='ELEV' (shift & goto gotPrivileges)
ECHO.
ECHO **************************************
ECHO Invoking UAC for Privilege Escalation
ECHO **************************************

setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set "batchPath=%~0"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
ECHO Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
ECHO UAC.ShellExecute "!batchPath!", "ELEV", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
"%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
exit /B

:gotPrivileges
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:START
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setlocal & pushd .

REM Run shell as admin (example) - put here code as you like
cmd /k echo. && echo *** ADMIN CONSOLE ***

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