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Template for windows cmd shell scripts (BAT, CMD) which need to auto-request user run as Administrator. Plus script for fixing "Run as Administrator" on batch files.
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BAT_CMD_runAsAdmin_fix.bat
@ECHO off
net session >nul 2>&1
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ELEVATE
@GOTO ADMINTASKS
:ELEVATE
ECHO Elevated privileges are temporarily required to run script
cd /d %~dp0
mshta "javascript: var shell = new ActiveXObject('Shell.Application'); shell.ShellExecute('%~nx0', '', '', 'runas', 1); close();"
EXIT /B
:ADMINTASKS
echo Fixing "Run as Administrator" shell menu for BATCH scripts
reg add "HKCR\batfile\shell\runas\command" /ve /f /t REG_SZ /d "%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /C \"\"%%1\"\" %*"
reg add "HKCR\cmdfile\shell\runas\command" /ve /f /t REG_SZ /d "%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /C \"\"%%1\"\" %*"
PAUSE
@ECHO on
Raw
elevated_script_template.bat
@ECHO off
net session >nul 2>&1
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ELEVATE
@GOTO ADMINTASKS
:ELEVATE
ECHO Elevated privileges are temporarily required to run script
cd /d %~dp0
mshta "javascript: var shell = new ActiveXObject('Shell.Application'); shell.ShellExecute('%~nx0', '', '', 'runas', 1); close();"
EXIT /B
:ADMINTASKS
: Set code page to UTF8 if your script encoding is (and contains non-ASCII chars)
chcp 65001
: Add your elevated commands here
PAUSE
@ECHO on
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