Running script as admin with executionpolicy bypass starting from user - windows

Question

My powershell code is first run as user then when user wants to do something else I want to launch another script but that script required admin privileges so I have this command in my first powershell to run the required script as admin
Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden -FilePath PowerShell.exe -Verb Runas -ArgumentList "-executionpolicy bypass -File $path"
But this just does nothing it doesn't even run the file

Answer 1

I wrote a function for about what you are trying to do
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Creates new powershell consoles
.DESCRIPTION
Used to create new powershell consoles running as same rights unless Elevated is selected in which case it runs as administrator
.EXAMPLE
New-PowershellConsole -Count 2 -Elevated -Exit
.PARAMETER Count
Starts up this many consoles
.PARAMETER Elevated
Starts Consoles as Administrator
.PARAMETER Exit
Closes the current powershell console
#>
function New-PowershellConsole {
param(
[int]$Count = 1,
[switch]$Elevated,
[switch]$Exit
)
if ($(new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator) -or $($Elevated -eq $True)) {
while ($Count -gt 0){
Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "-NoExit -Command `"Set-Location $((Get-Location).path)`"";
$Count--
}
} else {
while ($Count -gt 0){
Start-Process powershell -ArgumentList "-NoExit -Command `"Set-Location $((Get-Location).path)`"";
$Count--
}
}
If($Exit){
exit
}
}
Based off your message it looks like you want to run a new powershell console as admin
Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "-NoExit";
I suggest to avoid errors is to check if the user is a administrator
if ($(new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator) -or $($Elevated -eq $True)) {
Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "-NoExit";
}