Self-Elevating PowerShell Script Snippet

windows-self-elevating-powershell-script.ps1

# Self-elevate the script if required
if (-Not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] 'Administrator')) {
    if ([int](Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty BuildNumber) -ge 6000) {
    $CommandLine = "-File `"" + $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path + "`" " + $MyInvocation.UnboundArguments
    Start-Process -FilePath PowerShell.exe -Verb Runas -ArgumentList $CommandLine
    Exit
    }
}

# TODO stuff
# ... 

Write-Host "Press any key to continue ..."
$null = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey('NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown');