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

The code posted by Jonathan and Shay Levy did not work for me.

Please find the working code below:

If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
{   
#"No Administrative rights, it will display a popup window asking user for Admin rights"

$arguments = "& '" + $myinvocation.mycommand.definition + "'"
Start-Process "$psHome\powershell.exe" -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $arguments

break
}
#"After user clicked Yes on the popup, your file will be reopened with Admin rights"
#"Put your code here"