UAC Credential: require administrator privileges in a script.

uac-credential.bat

:: Start
@echo off
title UAC Credential

:: UAC Credential
whoami /groups | find "S-1-16-12288" > nul
if %ErrorLevel% neq 0 (
   :: Non-admin message
   echo Accept Administrator Privileges to continue.
   echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
   echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
   "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
   del "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
   exit
)
:: Script folder
pushd "%~dp0"

:: Script
echo Running with administrator privileges in "%CD%".
pause > nul

uac-credential.md

UAC Credential

Require administrator privileges in a script.

How to use?

1. Just paste the code below at the beginning of your script (preferably as high as possible).

whoami /groups | find "S-1-16-12288" > nul
if %ErrorLevel% neq 0 (
   echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
   echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
   "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
   del "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
   exit
)

• You can also add texts below if %ErrorLevel% neq 0 (.

  whoami /groups | find "S-1-16-12288" > nul
  if %ErrorLevel% neq 0 (
+    echo Accept Administrator Privileges to continue.
     echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
     echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
     "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
     del "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
     exit
  )

• You can add pushd "%~dp0" to go back to the script folder.

  whoami /groups | find "S-1-16-12288" > nul
  if %ErrorLevel% neq 0 (
     echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
     echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
     "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
     del "%Temp%\UAC %~n0.vbs"
     exit
  )
+ pushd "%~dp0"