How to detect if CMD is running as Administrator/has elevated privileges?

Question

From inside a batch file, I would like to test whether I\'m running with Administrator/elevated privileges.

The username doesn\'t change when \"Run as Administrator\

Answer 1

This trick only requires one command: type net session into the command prompt.

If you are NOT an admin, you get an access is denied message.

System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.

If you ARE an admin, you get a different message, the most common being:

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From MS Technet:

Used without parameters, net session displays information about all sessions with the local computer.