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\
I read many (most?) of the responses, then developed a bat file that works for me in Win 8.1. Thought I'd share it.
setlocal
set runState=user
whoami /groups | findstr /b /c:"Mandatory Label\High Mandatory Level" > nul && set runState=admin
whoami /groups | findstr /b /c:"Mandatory Label\System Mandatory Level" > nul && set runState=system
echo Running in state: "%runState%"
if not "%runState%"=="user" goto notUser
echo Do user stuff...
goto end
:notUser
if not "%runState%"=="admin" goto notAdmin
echo Do admin stuff...
goto end
:notAdmin
if not "%runState%"=="system" goto notSystem
echo Do admin stuff...
goto end
:notSystem
echo Do common stuff...
:end
Hope someone finds this useful :)