[cmd] How do you run a command as an administrator from the Windows command line?

Simple pipe trick, ||, with some .vbs used at top of your batch. It will exit regular and restart as administrator.

@AT>NUL||echo set shell=CreateObject("Shell.Application"):shell.ShellExecute "%~dpnx0",,"%CD%", "runas", 1:set shell=nothing>%~n0.vbs&start %~n0.vbs /realtime& timeout 1 /NOBREAK>nul& del /Q %~n0.vbs&cls&exit

It also del /Q the temp.vbs when it's done using it.

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