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I have written a powershell script that installs and starts some services. It will only work if the script is run as administrator. Is there any way force a script to have those privileges?

Sam
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Tom Squires
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  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1566969/showing-the-uac-prompt-in-powershell-if-the-action-requires-elevation – dugas Oct 05 '12 at 15:39

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In the case you are using PowerShell V2 You can also do the following :

Start-Process "$psHome\powershell.exe" -Verb Runas -ArgumentList '-command "Get-Service"'

This would run "Get-Service" as administrator, you can replace it with your script.

JPBlanc
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You might look at the answer to this question. It allows you to force something to be run as another account.

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