Get Elevated Permissions from Batch File

This script will prompt to elevate a .CMD or .BAT batch file using the standard UAC prompt.

@echo off

::
:: Get Elevated Permissions
::
:: This will automatically elevate a .CMD or .BAT batch file using the standard
:: UAC prompt.
::

REM Check admin permissions...
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"

REM Do admin stuff here...
REM ex: cmd /k