Open powershell 7 in admin at current folder

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1

Hi, I've been using this script in a button to launch powershell in Windows Terminal Preview at the current folder

CLI DOSPROMPT=powershell EXEC="C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe"

Now, I want to have another button for the same function, but with admin permission. I tried:

@admin
CLI DOSPROMPT=powershell EXEC="C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe"

,

CLI DOSPROMPT=powershell,admin EXEC="C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe"

and

@admin
CLI DOSPROMPT=powershell,admin EXEC="C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe"

but they all don't work.

2

I have the same button, but it opens "Windows Terminal" with PowerShell:

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I don't know why you need to use CLI DOSPROMT and so on. I think you can just do:

@admin
"C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -WorkingDirectory {sourcepath|noterm}
3

This doesn't work.

4

What happens when you press the button?

5

Using the command in the screenshot and changing the profile name worked. Thank you.

I'm still curious about why the methods I wrote don't work because I took it from the documentation

6

Using the command in the screenshot and changing the profile name worked.

No problem. Windows Terminal is better than raw PowerShell anyway.

I'm still curious about why the methods I wrote don't work because I took it from the documentation

I don't know. I have never used this CLI syntax. But I also don't know why "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -WorkingDirectory {sourcepath|noterm} didn't work for you.

7

I have had this button for years to open a pwsh terminal as admin in the list:

wt --window -1 new-tab --startingDirectory "{sourcepath$|noterm}" --title "{sourcepath|nopath|noterm}" --profile "PowerShell 7 [admin]"

But I can not figure it out how to run a .ps1 file as admin in the same profile.

This

@nodeselect 
@nofilenamequoting
pwsh.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoExit -File "{filepath$}"

in context menu of .ps1 works well for run as NON admin though.

But

@nodeselect
@nofilenamequoting
@admin:pwsh.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoExit -File "{filepath$}"

doesn’t open in terminal but in a console.

EDIT:

This works:

@nofilenamequoting
@nodeselect 
@admin:wt.exe -d "{filepath$|..|noterm}" pwsh.exe -NoExit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '{filepath$}'"

Hourra !