How can I elevate my cmd prompt using the the cmd line
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Like already explained by Wes Sayeed, you aren't able to elevate a running program in Windows. But (even if it's too late four you) here is a solution to restart the command prompt with admin privileges using a kind of embedded VBS:
@echo off
:checkPrivileges
NET FILE 1>NUL 2>NUL
if '%errorlevel%' == '0' (
goto mainScript
) else (
goto getPrivileges
)
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:getPrivileges
if '%1'=='ELEV' (shift & goto mainScript)
echo.
echo Selbstausfuehrung mit Administratorrechten...
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set "batchPath=%~0"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\runAsAdmin.vbs"
echo UAC.ShellExecute "!batchPath!", "ELEV", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\runAsAdmin.vbs"
"%temp%\runAsAdmin.vbs"
exit /B
::-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:mainScript
REM Here we are doing admin stuff...
cls
echo Hallo Welt >C:\test.txt
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Michael
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Michael over 1 year
I follow this script "runas /profile /user:administrator\administrator cmd"and when it prompts me for my password it always says that it is incorrect even though i am spelling it correctly. help please i am trying to write a batch script for school and this is all that is in my way.
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Scott - Слава Україні about 9 yearsAre you logged in as "administrator"? Is your domain name "administrator"? When you say
/user:administrator\administrator
, you are specifying that thecmd
should run as theadministrator
user in theadministrator
domain (which probably doesn't exist), and that is the password it is asking for. (This isn'tsudo
, where you can become root by typing your own password.)
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