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Windows batch: run as administrator

Hello experts,

I have the following .bat.

"C:\API\file.bat" NO_THRESHOLD

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I would like to add a previous line to force the run as administrator.

How should I proceed?

Thank you for your help.

Alexey Komarov

Hi,
You can try to use the command RUNAS
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/cc771525(v%3Dws.11)

Luis Diaz

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I tested the following without success:

runas /user:administrator "C:\API\file.bat" NO_THRESHOLD

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NOT_THRESHOLD is a variable defined in .bat

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Alexey Komarov

What did you see the command runs, but no rights?
What version of operating system do you have?

Luis Diaz

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Thank you Bill, and the command should be saved in .bat or .ps1?

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Hackoo

You can use this piece of code in batch to run as admin :

@echo off
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: Automatically check & get admin rights
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REM  --> Check for permissions
Reg query "HKU\S-1-5-19\Environment" >nul 2>&1
REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
Echo.
ECHO              **************************************
ECHO               Running Admin shell... Please wait...
ECHO              **************************************

    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params = %*:"=""
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c ""%~s0"" %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::          START         ::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
"C:\API\file.bat" NO_THRESHOLD

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Luis Diaz

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Tested and it works.

Thank you for your help.