How to run exe with/without elevated privileges from PowerShell

Question

I would like an easy way to run a process with different privileges from the same user without asking or knowing his/her password. A dialog is okay if necessary. I would pre

Answer 1

I use this as first command in all scripts that requires elevated mode, it transfer the script to another elevated process if I forgot to start up as Admin. You have to confirm so it's not suitable for automated tasks

If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) {   
    $arguments = "& '" + $myinvocation.mycommand.definition + "'"
    Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $arguments
    Break }