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NickC
Asked: 2013-01-09 06:16:45 +0800 CST

Run Elevated Powershell prompt from command-line

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Is there a way to run a Powershell Prompt with Elevated privileges from a command linein Server 2012?

Problem is this is 'Minimal Server Interface' mode without full server-gui installed so I can run powershell from only either the command prompt or from ServerManager.

I am actually trying to run the command: Enable-ServerManagerStandardUserRemoting but although this appears to work it does not add the user in question to the various groups as it is supposed to do. I suspect it is not working properly because I am not running it from a fully elevated powershell prompt, just a standard prompt but as Administrator.

Thanks, Nick

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Sure... works on Windows 7+, too.

    Open Powershell first:

    Type PowerShell to enter a PowerShell session.

    Once in the session:

    Type Start-Process PowerShell -Verb RunAs and press Enter.

    That will open a new Powershell process as Administrator.

    ------- OR -------

    To do it all with only one line from the command prompt, just type:

    powershell -Command "Start-Process PowerShell -Verb RunAs"

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  2. An alternative method is to do the following:

    1. type: runas /user:admin username powershell
    2. enter the appropriate password when prompted

    You're done!

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