[Solved] Powershell, space and nested quote (right click menu to open powershell here with admin privilege)

[terrytw]

Hi guys I run into a problem with nested quotes, can someone please help me out?

I have got a script like this:

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run "PowerShell -Command Start-Process PowerShell -verb runAs -ArgumentList '-NoExit', '-Command', 'cd <curpath>'",,,0

and it runs, except when there is a space in <curpath>...
But I don't know how to wrap it up with quotes, have tried some different approaches to no avail...

Thanks!

EDIT: I'm a stubborn guy who bangs my head over this for too long, a cautionary tale, but I did figure it out:

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run "PowerShell -Command Start-Process PowerShell -verb runAs -ArgumentList """"""-NoExit"""" """"-Command"""" """"cd '<curpath>'""""""",,,0

Yes you read it correctly, that is 7 double quotes in a row...

[highend]

Untested, with PS7.x

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run "pwsh -Command Start-Process Pwsh -Verb RunAs -WorkingDirectory '<curpath>'", , , 0;

[terrytw]

Untested, with PS7.x

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run "pwsh -Command Start-Process Pwsh -Verb RunAs -WorkingDirectory '<curpath>'", , , 0;

Thanks! I don't want to use pwsh, for compatibility reasons. Some machines don't have pwsh. I would like to stick with powershell 5.0.

[highend]

For those old versions I use this:

http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/

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    $elevate = "D:\Tools\@Command Line Tools\Elevate\elevate_x64.exe";
    $command = "powershell.exe -NoProfile -NoExit -Command Set-Location -LiteralPath '<curpath>'";
    run lax("$elevate" $command);

Never had the time or motivation to fiddle with this pesky ps quoting system^^

[terrytw]

For those old versions I use this:

http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/

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    $elevate = "D:\Tools\@Command Line Tools\Elevate\elevate_x64.exe";
    $command = "powershell.exe -NoProfile -NoExit -Command Set-Location -LiteralPath '<curpath>'";
    run lax("$elevate" $command);

Never had the time or motivation to fiddle with this pesky ps quoting system^^

Thanks again! I will take a look at elevate.

[highend]

run "PowerShell -Command Start-Process PowerShell -verb runAs -ArgumentList """"""-NoExit"""" """"-Command"""" """"cd '<curpath>'""""""",,,0

That's called "quoting hell"