Powershell script running in a dos batch script

Hello Rakkad,

  In your batch file simply put a line in the cmd script calling the PowerShell like this:

CALL Powershell "[Drive\folder\folder\yourscript.ps1"

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Usually I like to create a wrapper script file with the same name as the PowerShell script so that I can run it and log the output to a file similar to below:

:: Script Name: PureBackup.cmd
:: Version: 1.1.5
@(
	SETLOCAL
	ECHO OFF
	SET "eLvl=0"
	REM SET "Log=%~dp0log\%~n0_Output.log"
	SET "PS1CMD=%~dpn0.ps1"
	REM SET "_PSDebugLevel=SilentlyContinue"
	SET "_PSDebugLevel=Continue"
)

CALL :Main

(
	ENDLOCAL
	Exit /b %eLvl%
)

:Main

	CALL Powershell %PS1CMD% "%_PSDebugLevel%" >>"%Log%" 2>&1

GOTO :EOF

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simply, you can call it within your batch script by adding

powershell -noexit & “C:\script.ps1”

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ref:
https://poshoholic.com/2007/09/27/invoking-a-powershell-script-from-cmdexe-or-start-run/

Or you can combine them into one file

@Echo Off
PowerShell.exe -Command "Invoke-Expression -Command ((Get-Content -Path '%~f0' | Select-Object -Skip 3) -join [environment]::NewLine)"
Exit /b %ErrorLevel%
## Powershell starts here
Write-Host "Hello World"

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How can I run powershell as an administrator in a dos batch command ?

Thanks

You can't - that would circumvent any measures introduced to not allow exactly for that. We can check if the batch script runs as admin though:

whoami /groups | find "S-1-16-12288" >nul ||  (echo *** Not running elevated - STOP *** & pause & exit /b 1)

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"You can't" - because you do not use UAC with less than at least confirmation prompt :D.