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PowerShell command to check whether an application is running with elevated privileges

I require a PowerShell command or script which will check whether my console application is running as administrator or not. If it is not running as administrator, I will stop it and run again using the script.

If PowerShell command is not available, is there any other way to check this?

Solution

  • You can use my Test-ProcessElevated cmdlet (It is too long, I've posted to GitHub gist).

    For example:

    # from pipeline:
Get-Process notepad | Test-ProcessElevated

# from parameter:
Test-ProcessElevated $(Get-Process notepad)

# it returns boolean
if (ps notepad | Test-ProcessElevated)
{
    Write-Host 'notepad is running elevated.'
}

# dwm.exe is running in a different session:
ps dwm | Test-ProcessElevated

    I've tested it in both Windows PowerShell 5 and PowerShell 7.