A self-elevating powershell script. Makes sure current script is running as admin.

self-elevating-script.ps1

if (([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
{    
  Set-Location $PSScriptRoot
  "Running as admin in $PSScriptRoot"
}
else
{
  "NOT running as an admin!" 
  Start-Process powershell -WorkingDirectory $PSScriptRoot -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "-noprofile -noexit -file $PSCommandPath" 
  return "Script re-started with admin privileges in another shell. This one will now exit."
}

"Doing this only as admin."