Launch Elevated CMD - how?

[SkyFrontier]

Hi, there.

How could I launch an elevated CMD prompt with, say, "netsh wlan start hostednetwork" ready to be ENTER'ed?

[highend]

You mean: Dos box open, and you still need to press enter to execute that specific command?

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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 ECHO netsh wlan start hostednetwork & PAUSE >NUL & netsh wlan start hostednetwork", "", "runas", 1
>>>;

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

    run """$cscript"" ""$vbsFile"" //nologo", , 0, 0;

If you want to write that string after the prompt of the dos box you probably could do it with an .ahk script (untested)...

[highend]

If the command needs to be editable...

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#NoEnv
#SingleInstance, Force
#NoTrayIcon

if not A_IsAdmin
{
	Run, *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%"
	ExitApp
}

Run, %comspec% /k, , , pid
WinWaitActive, %comspec% ahk_pid %pid%
ControlSend, , netsh wlan start hostednetwork, ahk_pid %pid%

[SkyFrontier]

I was afraid that it was no direct way which would avoid bat files creation. That's why I thought at least a "open elevated, sendkeys(<parameters>), wait for user to hit enter" operation would be possible.
Thanks again... nice day there!

[highend]

Open a command prompt and using sendkeys would work but...

1. XY needs to be started with admin permissions to be able to open a command prompt with the necessary rights
2. What happens if you're working while you execute that script? The sendkeys can fail (send keys to the wrong window)
3. XY has no internal way to make sure a specific window is active before executing the sendkeys command

The .ahk way is the easiest and it doesn't create temporary files. Con: big (compiled) file size

[SkyFrontier]

In this specific case I'm trying to automate the dumb operations themselves, no extra scripting intended.
I noticed there's no buffer for me to re-use the launched command by pressing up/down arrow keys, so sendkeys() could be a solution. I'll work later on this and report back if I stumble into dumbness.

[SkyFrontier]

No other way I could keep the elevated CMD window opened, having the entered command at my disposal on arrow up, highend, thus avoiding future extra typing for reuse or edit?

[totmad1]

I was wondering if you had looked at nircmd from nirsoft it has two commands,
which might be relevant , elevate and elevatecmd the last one elevates its own commands.
The use of this utilty/cli does not require elevating XY.

[yusef88]

I was wondering if you had looked at nircmd from nirsoft it has two commands,
which might be relevant , elevate and elevatecmd the last one elevates its own commands.
The use of this utilty/cli does not require elevating XY.

I use it like this

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run "nircmd elevate net user %username% *"

[highend]

having the entered command at my disposal on arrow up, highend, thus avoiding future extra typing for reuse or edit

Mh? You want a cmd window which has it's history included?

[SFmob]

if by history you mean the first (auto) entered command, 'netsh wlan...', in case, then yes, because it's base for further actions.
__
mob profile, sorry

[highend]

if by history you mean the first (auto) entered command

From your first post:

How could I launch an elevated CMD prompt with, say, "netsh wlan start hostednetwork" ready to be ENTER'ed?

You didn't want it "auto-entered"...

If that has changed:

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#NoEnv
#SingleInstance, Force
#NoTrayIcon

if not A_IsAdmin
{
	Run, *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%"
	ExitApp
}

SetKeyDelay, 0
Run, %comspec% /k, , , pid
WinWaitActive, %comspec% ahk_pid %pid%
ControlSend, , netsh wlan start hostednetwork{Enter}, ahk_pid %pid%

[SkyFrontier]

Sorry, now I see I wasn't clear on that sentence.
Thanks much!

Is there a way to

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run """cmd.exe -netsh wlan start hostednetwork""";

, no prompt, no window flash?

[highend]

run - show = 0?

[SkyFrontier]

Forgot that one, thanks!