Powershell launch cmd file as administrator

Question

I want to execute a .cmd file on a remote server, through Powershell. This works well:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName <computerName> -credential $cred -ScriptBlock {&"C:\...\Script.cmd"}

But what is the syntax to run Script.cmd "as administrator" ?

$cred has the credentials for the remote machine. Did you specify administrator in $cred? — Χpẘ, Dec 08 '13 at 19:38
possible duplicate of [PowerShell: Running a command as Administrator](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7690994/powershell-running-a-command-as-administrator) — Victor Zakharov, Dec 09 '13 at 19:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '13 at 18:45

Your script block should be:

-Scriptblock {Start-Process -Path "C:\...\Script.cmd" -Verb Runas}

Check out the Start-Process cmdlet and the verb runas, that will get you there. Optionally, include -wait with that cmdlet to wait for the cmd to finish before returning.

Powershell launch cmd file as administrator

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