Ever needed to do something in a batch script that requires administrator privileges to run?
Well, here is a simple code snippet that will elevate your script to admin rights and allow you to do exactly that:
@echo off
:: BatchGotAdmin (Run as Admin code starts)
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
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"
:: BatchGotAdmin (Run as Admin code ends)Anything you now write below that snippet will be executed as admin, providing the user successfully authenticated via the UAC prompts.
A handy one to add to your script toolbox, enjoy!