elevate v1.3.0 - Command Line UAC Elevation Utility
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* Elevate (elevate.exe 32-bit + elevate.exe 64-bit) 1.3.0 32-bit + 64-bit DOS
console tools for Windows Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016 run any
program/process/service/script/batch elevated with Administrator rights,
useful for task automation in BATch (.BAT, .CMD) and script (.VBS) files:
http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/
Direct download [12 KB, freeware]:
http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/elevate-1.3.0-redist.7z

SYNTAX
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This utility executes a command with UAC privilege elevation. This is useful
for working inside command prompts or with batch files.

elevate [(-c | -k) [-n] [-u]] [-w] command

Options:
  -c  Launches a terminating command processor; equivalent to "cmd /c command".
  -k  Launches a persistent command processor; equivalent to "cmd /k command".
  -n  When using -c or -k, do not pushd the current directory before execution.
  -u  When using -c or -k, use Unicode; equivalent to "cmd /u".
  -w  Waits for termination; equivalent to "start /wait command".

Notes:
Both the hyphen (e.g., -w) and slash (e.g., /w) forms of switches are valid.
When -k is specified, command is optional. Omitting command in this case will
simply open an elevated command prompt.
Normally, an elevated command processor will not honor the current directory
of an unelevated parent process, thus potentially creating problems with
relative paths. To address this problem, when the -c or -k switches are used,
elevate will issue a pushd command to the new command processor to ensure that
it uses the current directory of its parent process. Specifying the -n switch
will disable this feature.

Examples:
elevate taskmgr
elevate -k
elevate /w HashCheckInstall.exe
elevate -k sfc /scannow
elevate /c del %SystemRoot%\Temp\*.*
elevate -c -w copy foo*.* bar

FEATURES
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Although there are a number of other tools that serve the same purpose, this
particular utility has several features that set it apart from the rest:
* Correct handling of command line parameters; the command line parameters are
passed along for execution verbatim, without being chopped up and reassembled.
* The ability to launch the command processor using /c instead of /k.
* The ability to launch the command processor in the current directory.
* Better error messages to make troubleshooting execution problems easier.
* Native C code avoids the burdensome .NET startup overhead and allows for a
much smaller executable file size.

ELEVATE TOOLS
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Similar tools [free(ware)]:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/welevate/
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/welevate/bin/Elevate.1.0.4046.20249.zip
http://www.robotronic.de/elevate.html
http://www.windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2008/automatic-elevation-cmd-script/
http://www.winability.com/info/elevate/



ELEVATE.EXE v1.0 (c) 2007-2016 - Johannes Passing - http://int3.de/
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* Elevate (Elevate.exe 32-bit + Elevate.exe 64-bit) 1.0 32-bit + 64-bit DOS
console tools for Windows Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016 run any
program/process/service/script/batch elevated with Administrator rights,
useful for task automation in BATch (.BAT, .CMD) and script (.VBS) files:
http://www.jpassing.com/2007/12/08/launch-elevated-processes-from-the-command-line/
Direct download [102 KB, freeware]:
http://github.com/jpassing/elevate/releases/download/1.0/elevate.zip

SYNTAX
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Execute a process on the command line with elevated rights in Windows
Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016.

Usage: Elevate [-?|-wait|-k] prog [args]
-?    - Shows this help
-wait - Waits until prog terminates
-k    - Starts the the %COMSPEC% environment variable value and
		executes prog in it (CMD.EXE, 4NT.EXE, etc.)
prog  - The program to execute
args  - Optional command line arguments to prog

Usage with scripts:
When using the Elevate command with scripts such as Windows Script Host or
Windows PowerShell scripts, you should specify the script host executable
(i.e. wscript, cscript, powershell) as the application.
Examples:
Elevate wscript "C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs" -dli
Elevate powershell -NoExit -Command & 'C:\Temp\Test.ps1'

LIMITATION
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* BUG:
Relative path DOS command console environment variables used to switch to
(default to) current directory/folder or drive/partition/volume root
directory/folder may not work properly with these Elevate tools either from
the command line, or from within BATch (.BAT, .CMD) or script (.VBS) files.
Examples:
PUSHD "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"
* FIX:
Use this Elevate tool:
http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/

ELEVATE TOOLS
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Similar tools [free(ware)]:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/welevate/
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/welevate/bin/Elevate.1.0.4046.20249.zip
http://www.robotronic.de/elevate.html
http://www.windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2008/automatic-elevation-cmd-script/
http://www.winability.com/info/elevate/



Microsoft Elevation PowerToys v1.1 - 4-29-2008
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* Elevate command line (ELEVATE.CMD + ELEVATE.VBS) + RunAs.hta tools,
PowerShell/VBS scripts + Elevation gadget for Windows
Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016 run any program/application as different user
with elevated/administrator privileges:
http://technet.microsoft.com/magazine/2008.06.elevation.aspx
Direct download [200 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/0/fd05def7-68a1-4f71-8546-25c359cc0842/Elevation2008_06.exe
More info:
http://technet.microsoft.com/magazine/2007.06.utilityspotlight.aspx

REQUIRED
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Both ELEVATE.CMD + ELEVATE.VBS must reside inside same folder/directory.

SYNTAX
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Provides a command line method (DOS console, BATch/Script file, Run... box) of
launching applications that prompt for elevation (Run as Administrator) in
Windows Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016.
Must run ELEVATE.CMD with command line parameters.
ELEVATE application <arguments>
Examples:
ELEVATE notepad "C:\Windows\win.ini"
ELEVATE cmd /k cd "C:\Program Files"
ELEVATE powershell -NoExit -Command Set-Location 'C:\Windows'
Usage with scripts:
When using the ELEVATE command with scripts such as Windows Script Host or
Windows PowerShell scripts, you should specify the script host executable
(i.e. wscript, cscript, powershell) as the application.
Examples with scripts:
ELEVATE wscript "C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs" -dli
ELEVATE powershell -NoExit -Command & 'C:\Temp\Test.ps1'

LIMITATION
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* BUG:
Relative path DOS command console environment variables used to switch to
(default to) current directory/folder or drive/partition/volume root
directory/folder may not work properly with these Elevate tools either from
the command line, or from within BATch (.BAT, .CMD) or script (.VBS) files.
Examples:
PUSHD "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"
* FIX:
Use this Elevate tool:
http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/

ELEVATE TOOLS
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Similar tools [free(ware)]:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/welevate/
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/welevate/bin/Elevate.1.0.4046.20249.zip
http://www.robotronic.de/elevate.html
http://www.windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2008/automatic-elevation-cmd-script/
http://www.winability.com/info/elevate/