toolbar button for "open cmd as admin"

[jerrygoyal]

There's a toolbar button for cmd but not for "cmd as admin". Is there any way to open cmd as admin?

[highend]

Scripting is (probably) always a solution (Pro version required).

A very old script that I can put on a toolbar button:

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    $comspec = ("%osbitness%" == 64) ? "%windir%\System32\cmd.exe" : "%windir%\SysWOW64\cmd.exe";
    $cscript = ("%osbitness%" == 64) ? "%windir%\System32\cscript.exe" : "%windir%\SysWOW64\cscript.exe";

    $vbsFile = "%TEMP%\~OpenElevatedCMD.vbs";

    $vbsContent = <<<>>>
        Set UAC = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
        UAC.ShellExecute "$comspec", "/k pushd ""<curpath>""", "", "runas", 1
>>>;

    writefile($vbsFile, trim($vbsContent));

    if (get("trigger") == "1") { // Left click -> Admin
        run """$cscript"" ""$vbsFile"" //nologo", , 0, 0;
    } elseif (get("trigger") == "2") { // Right click -> No admin
        run """$comspec"" /k pushd ""<curpath>""";
    }

On left click it starts the cmd with admin permissions and on right click without...

[admin]

I tried to do this right in the code and it works. I get a box that looks e.g. like this. On demand I could make this available as Miscellaneous function.

[highend]

As long as it is the 64-bit cmd prompt on a 64-bit system, it's fine

[admin]

As long as it is the 64-bit cmd prompt on a 64-bit system, it's fine

Acc. to Task Manager it is the 64-bit cmd prompt.

[JLoftus]

+1 for supporting this. Thanks Don... and THIS is why the Slant poll continues to show XY as the leader: Direct and immediate responses from the Developer! You sir, are gentleman among thieves (and when comparing to DO, that's never been more appropriate!).

[admin]

I decided to handle this with a new scripting command: opencommandprompt.

Piece of cake to create a button for it then.

[highend]

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opencommandprompt , , , 1;

Should start an elevated command prompt for the current directory.
But nothing happens. Literally nothing.

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opencommandprompt "C:\", 3:=1;

Same. It seems once the 4th the elevate flag is set the command refuses to do something...

[admin]

Oha!? Both works fine here. Win 8.1

[highend]

Win 7 x64 in an older notebook here. Don't have access to my other systems currently...

[PeterH]

To verify I've just tested both forms in W7pro X64: both work just as expected.

[klownboy]

Both prompts work in Windows 10 x64 .

[JLoftus]

Running version 17.50.0210, if I create a CTB with opencommandprompt; I am getting:
'opencommandprompt' is not a valid script command.

[highend]

You need 219^^

[JLoftus]

Got 222, now working great, thanks!