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elevate
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Start an application as Administrator

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   Version    : 1.0
   File Name  : elevate.ps1
   Author     : Adewale Azeez - iamthecarisma@gmail.com
   Date       : April-01-2020

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Start an application as Administrator, the first argument is the name of
the app to run. The following arguments are sent to the application.

Syntax
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.. code:: powershell

   elevate [[-App] <String>] [[-ExtraArguments] <String[]>] 
   [<CommonParameters>]  

Parameters
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-App :String
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The application to run as Administrator

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attr                        value
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Required?                   false
Position?                   1
Default value               
Accept pipeline input?      false
Accept wildcard characters? false
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-ExtraArguments :String[]
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The arguments to pass to the application

=========================== =====
attr                        value
=========================== =====
Required?                   false
Position?                   2
Default value               
Accept pipeline input?      false
Accept wildcard characters? false
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CommonParameters
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This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction,
ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer,
PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs
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System.String

Outputs
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[System.String]

EXAMPLE 1
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   elevate notepad

Start the notepad app as Administrator

EXAMPLE 2
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   elevate cmd /k dir

Start Windows command prompt as Administrator and run the command ‘dir’.

Related links
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-  https://thecarisma.github.io/Cronux