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

Question

I have a small script that performs the build and install process on Windows for a Bazaar repository I\'m managing. I\'m trying to run the script with elevated, administrati

Answer 1

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.