Would you like to learn how to verify if your command-line has Administrator rights using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to check if your Powershell command-line or Script has Administrator rights on a computer running Windows.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7
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Tutorial Powershell - Check if the command-line is running as Administrator
Start a Powershell command-line.
Verify if the command-line has Administrator rights.
Here is the command output.
As an Administrator, start a new POWERSHELL command-line prompt.
Verify if the command-line has Administrator rights.
Here is the command output.
Optionally, you can use the IF statement to provide better feedback.
Congratulations! You are able to verify it the Powershell command line is running as Administrator.
