Automatically running a batch file as an administrator

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How do I run a batch file from another batch file with administrator rights   I have tried the RUNAS command  but it requires the administrator password   I am searching for an alternative for running a batch file by right clicking on it and running as an administrator  I want to automate it from another batch file

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You can use PowerShell to run b bat as administrator from a bat   set mydir   dp0  Powershell -Command   amp    Start-Process    mydir b bat   -verb RunAs     It will prompt the user with a confirmation dialog  The user chooses YES  and then b bat will be run as administrator

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CMD Itself does not have a function to run files as admin  but powershell does  and that powershell function can be exectuted through CMD with a certain command  Write it in command prompt to run the file you specified as admin  powershell -command start-process -file yourfilename -verb runas  Hope it helped

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This a trick that i used if anyone wants they can try this in batch file This will give you the admin prompt when you run the batch file    echo off cd    amp  amp  cd windows system32  amp  amp  command which needs admin credentials pause

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Put each line in cmd or all of theme in the batch file    echo off  if not   1    am admin   powershell start -verb runas   0  am admin  amp  exit  b    Put your command here    it works fine for me

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Use  runas  savecred  profile  user Administrator whateveryouwanttorun cmd   It will ask for the password the first time only  It will not ask for password again  unless the password is changed  etc

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The complete solution I found that worked was   echo off cd  D  quot   dp0 quot  if not  quot  1 quot    quot am admin quot   powershell start -verb runas   0  am admin  amp  exit  b   quot Put your command here quot   credit for  https   stackoverflow com a 51472107 15087068 https   serverfault com a 95696

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Runas exe won t work here  You can use VBScript to invoke the  Run as Administrator  shell verb  The Elevation Powertoys contain a batchfile that allows you to invoke an elevated command   elevatecmd exe  http   blogs technet com b elevationpowertoys

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On Windows 7    Create a shortcut to that batch file Right click on that shortcut file and choose Properties Click the Advanced button to find a checkbox for running as administrator   Check the screenshot below

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If you re trying to invoke a Windows UAC prompt  the one that puts the whole screen black and asks if you re granting administrator privileges to the following task   RUNAS is not the smoothest way to do it  since    You re not going to get prompted for UAC authorization  even if logged in as the administrator and RUNAS expects that you have the administrator password  even if your user is setup as a local administrator  in which case the former password is not a sound security practice  specially in work environments    Instead  try to copy  amp  paste the following code to ensure that your batch file runs with administrator privileges    echo off   gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   SYSTEMROOT  system32 cacls exe    SYSTEMROOT  system32 config system   if   errorlevel   NEQ  0        echo Requesting Admin access        goto goUAC       else goto goADMIN   goUAC     echo Set UAC   CreateObject   Shell Application     gt    temp  getadmin vbs      set params               echo UAC ShellExecute  cmd exe     c   s0  params         runas   1  gt  gt    temp  getadmin vbs        temp  getadmin vbs      del   temp  getadmin vbs      exit  B   goADMIN     pushd   CD       CD  D    dp0   rem --- FROM HERE PASTE YOUR ADMIN-ENABLED BATCH SCRIPT --- echo Stopping some Microsoft Service    net stop sqlserveragent rem --- END OF BATCH ----   This solution works 100  under Windows 7  8 1 and 10 setups with UAC enabled

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