Powershell Run-As Script
- by marc dekeyser
Disclaimer: This script is not of my own making. I found it on a share somewhere and it is so handy I started using in a bunch of scripts. To the writer: If you're out there, somewhere, when you see this, thank you! Check if script is running as Adminstrator and if not use RunAs # Use Check Switch to check if admin param([Switch]$Check) $IsAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()` ).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator") if ($Check) { return $IsAdmin } if ($MyInvocation.ScriptName -ne "") { if (-not $IsAdmin) { try { $arg = "-file `"$($MyInvocation.ScriptName)`"" Start-Process "$psHome\powershell.exe" -Verb Runas -ArgumentList $arg -ErrorAction 'stop' } catch { Write-Warning "Error - Failed to restart script with runas" break } exit # Quit this session of powershell } } else { Write-Warning "Error - Script must be saved as a .ps1 file first" break } write-host "Script Running As Administrator" -foregroundcolor redWrite-host ""
