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@echo off
:: Must be executed as a non admin user otherwise %sessionname% won't contain the correct value.
::
:: Credit to:
:: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10052222
:: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/540731690684579086/#p2
:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
echo Requesting administrative privileges...
goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )
:UACPrompt
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %sessionname%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
exit /B
:gotAdmin
pushd "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------
echo Killing Session: %1
C:\Windows\system32\TSCON.exe %1 -DEST:Console
pause
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