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This results in the current script being passed to a new powershell process in Administrator mode (if current User has access to Administrator mode and the script is not launched as Administrator).
As a solution that is a non-starter for me. Rather than enable administrator mode in the Compatibility tab I find it easier to just open the normal Visual Studio Code shortcut using Ctrl + Shift + Enter instead of enter, that also runs it elevated, but I can still run Visual Studio Code normally by just opening it using Enter.
I wouldn't know what group policy the admin's set at the office. I wonder if the policy stops the Invoke-Expression technique and the -EncodedCommand technique, which both allow the content of a script file to execute without modifying execution policy.
10 I want to activate the developer mode (to use the ubuntu subsystem), but I don't have admin account credentials. However, I have access to a cmd.exe with admin rights. So I can open regedit and use the powershell without restrictions.
I have a PowerShell setup which I want to execute on a computer where perhaps the execution policy is restricted and requires admin rights. Ideally, I could wrap it in a cmd batch like follows:
Here's one way to open powershell (or run any command) as admin: press the Windows key (or control-escape) to bring up the Start Menu. Type the command you want to run. Press Control-Shift-ENTER.
The other related Q/A's I found on StackOverflow such as this, this and this all give a solution to do this with a custom C# code. My question is specifically, is there any straightforward way to do this in PowerShell? i.e. you are in an elevated PS console and want to run a process as non-admin.
You need to nest powershell.exe calls: An outer call that calls PowerShell's Start-Process cmdlet with -Verb RunAs, which allows running any executable with elevation. Since what you want to run with elevation is a .ps1 script, it must be called via powershell.exe, the Windows PowerShell CLI, as in your own attempt, except that you explicitly need to incorporate a Set-Location call to ensure ...
However, I want to run the installation in /silent mode, in which I don't know how to change the install settings. So the question is: Is there anyway to give the shell a correct installation settings and then execute the file in silent mode?
You should see that your PowerShell script runs with full Administrator Privileges and without any UAC prompts. Now, if you want to run your PowerShell script on a regular schedule, you could customize that by right-clicking your newly created task, selecting Properties, clicking on the Triggers tab and clicking on New.