How-to Run TC as Administrator?

[CWBillow]

I know I can set up a TC shortcut and give it Administrative rights, but I also want to be able to set it up via command-line.

Is this possible?

Regards,
Chuck Billow

[petermad]

From the command line use:

powershell.exe -Command "Start-Process totalcmd.exe -Verb RunAs"

Provided that your system has PowerShell, of course.

[Dalai]

Without PowerShell, you can also use Elevate, like this:

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elevate.exe c:\path\to\totalcmd.exe

Or, if you disabled UAC and want to launch TC as different user:

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runas.exe /user:Administrator c:\path\to\totalcmd.exe

Regards
Dalai

[MVV]

My Sudo tool also allows starting elevated processes.

[CWBillow]

From the command line use:

powershell.exe -Command "Start-Process totalcmd.exe -Verb RunAs"

Provided that your system has PowerShell, of course.

Peter, I get an error that running scripts has been disabled.

Chuck

[petermad]

Peter, I get an error that running scripts has been disabled.

Hmm, I haven't actively enabled scripts, so they must be enabled by default. So something in your system must have disabled them - maybe your anti-virus program.

Here it works out-of-the-box under Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

[ZoSTeR]

Try

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powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy remotesigned -Command "Start-Process totalcmd.exe -Verb RunAs"

[CWBillow]

I'll give
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy remotesigned -Command "Start-Process totalcmd.exe -Verb RunAs"

A try.

Thanks,
Chuck

[MVV]

CWBillow,
Nevertheless starting elevated app via mentioned tools is much faster because PowerShell need some time to load...

[Stefan2]

Peter, I get an error that running scripts has been disabled.

Hmm, I haven't actively enabled scripts, so they must be enabled by default. So something in your system must have disabled them - maybe your anti-virus program.

Here it works out-of-the-box under Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

The PowerShell execution policy is set to "Restricted" on default.

The Windows PowerShell execution policies are as follows:

"Restricted" is the default policy.

Restricted
- Default execution policy in Windows 8,
Windows Server 2012, and Windows 8.1.

- Permits individual commands, but will not run
scripts.

- Prevents running of all script files, including
formatting and configuration files (.ps1xml), module
script files (.psm1), and Windows PowerShell
profiles (.ps1).

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/us-en/library/hh847748.aspx
PS> help about_Execution_Policies

You have to modify the policy by executing "Set-ExecutionPolicy"
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/us-en/library/hh849812.aspx
PS> help Set-ExecutionPolicy

or by setting it explicitly on the command line as ZoSTeR shows:
PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy xyz
https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/powershell/scripting/core-powershell/console/powershell.exe-command-line-help
PS> powershell.exe /?



 

[vdijken]

When you right-click on the windows symbol you can choose a cmd windows as administrator. Go to the map with Total Commander and execute TC.

[richardw]

From the command line use:

powershell.exe -Command "Start-Process totalcmd.exe -Verb RunAs"

Provided that your system has PowerShell, of course.

Hi, petermad

Thank you for this suggestion. I've got Powershell, and this seems to work for me. I just don't totally get the syntax.

If I can paraphrase, this appears to basically be saying "start totalcmd.exe with the Verb RunAs". I would expect there to be an additional argument, for example "with the Verb RunAs Admin" My guess is that the reason that "Admin" is not explicitly stated is because Admin is the default argument of RunAs. Is that correct? I'm trying to understand how this starts Totalcmd.exe as user Admin, and I can't find the documentation for RunAs.

Thanks,
richardw, out-of-touch ex-programmer