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# Get the ID and security principal of the current user account
$myWindowsID=[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
$myWindowsPrincipal=new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($myWindowsID)
# Get the security principal for the Administrator role
$adminRole=[System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator
# Check to see if we are currently running "as Administrator"
if ($myWindowsPrincipal.IsInRole($adminRole))
{
# We are running "as Administrator" - so change the title and background color to indicate this
$Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition + "(Elevated)"
$Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = "DarkBlue"
clear-host
}
else
{
# We are not running "as Administrator" - so relaunch as administrator
# Create a new process object that starts PowerShell
$newProcess = new-object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo "PowerShell"
# Specify the current script path and name as a parameter
$newProcess.Arguments = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
# Indicate that the process should be elevated
$newProcess.Verb = "runas"
# Start the new process
[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($newProcess)
# Exit from the current, unelevated, process
exit
}
# Run your code that needs to be elevated here
do {
sleep 1;
} while (-not (Unlock-Bitlocker -MountPoint "S:" -Password (Read-Host "Please enter password to unlock S: drive:" -AsSecureString)))
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