Solved Run as Administrator command name

[John256145]

Is there a command to insert into a batch file so the file can ask for administrator approval before continuing?

 

[Brink]

Hello John,

I'm not sure about with a .bat file, but you could use this below with a .vbs file to have it prompt with UAC for elevation approval.

If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
 Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
 objShell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " Run", , "runas", 1
Else
 
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End If

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[DavidE]

You can also create a Shortcut with Run as administrator to run the .bat file.

 

[John256145]

If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
 Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
 objShell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " Run", , "runas", 1
Else[/QUOTE]

Close Enough.:)

 

[Brink]

I'm glad that'll work for you.

 

[andrew129260]

Yes there is a very easy way to have UAC ask for a batch file to prompt to run as admin:

See this code:

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt

    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"




    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    exit /B

:gotAdmin

    if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )

    pushd "%CD%"


    CD /D "%~dp0"

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