How to make a batch file tell if it is elevated or not

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I need a code in the space below to tell if the batch file is elevated or not. I am making a program so that if it is elevated it does something one way and if it is not it does it the other way. Does anyone know a code I could use.

@echo off




:no
echo no
pause
goto exit
:yes
echo yes
pause
goto exit
:exit

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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I would recommend something based off of this script:

@echo off

NET FILE 1>NUL 2>NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO no
GOTO yes

:no
echo no
pause
goto exit
:yes
echo yes
pause
goto exit
:exit

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:44

Dark Falcon

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:50

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Run some command which requires elevated privilege & check ERRORLEVEL

@echo off
at > nul

if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0  goto elevated

REM do non-elevated stuff
goto end

:elevated
REM do elevated stuff

:end

answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:50

user93353

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Under Windows 10, the AT command has been deprecated and always returns errorlevel 1. NET FILE still works though. – Tom Warfield Jun 29 '22 at 17:01

How to make a batch file tell if it is elevated or not

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