Running a command as Administrator using PowerShell?

Question

You know how if you\'re the administrative user of a system and you can just right click say, a batch script and run it as Administrator without entering the administrator p

Answer 1

Here's a self-elevating snippet for Powershell scripts which preserves the working directory:

if (!([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) {
    Start-Process PowerShell -Verb RunAs "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command `"cd '$pwd'; & '$PSCommandPath';`"";
    exit;
}

# Your script here

Preserving the working directory is important for scripts that perform path-relative operations. Almost all of the other answers do not preserve this path, which can cause unexpected errors in the rest of the script.

If you'd rather not use a self-elevating script/snippet, and instead just want an easy way to launch a script as adminstrator (eg. from the Explorer context-menu), see my other answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57033941/2441655