How can I detect if a batch file is started as admin?

[elel302]

How can I detect if a batch file is started as administrator?
 

[Quantos]

Can you give us some more information?

[elel302]

You know in Vista or Windows 7 where you click Run as Administrator, well I wanna detect if the user has clicked that on the batch file.
 

[Quantos]

You could check your event log.

[elel302]

You could check your event log.

No I mean check admin from within the batch file.
 

[Salmon Trout]

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[Salmon Trout]

Code: [Select]


if "%username%"=="Administrator" (
    echo User is Administrator
) else (
    echo User is not Administrator
)



[Helpmeh]

Code: [Select]


if "%username%"=="Administrator" (
    echo User is Administrator
) else (
    echo User is not Administrator
)

That ony applies to the Administrator account. I assume the OP wants to make sure the user has RUN the batch as an administrator. Although I have 0 experence in this, I use XP.

[Salmon Trout]

That ony applies to the Administrator account. I assume the OP wants to make sure the user has RUN the batch as an administrator. Although I have 0 experence in this, I use XP.

In that case, Vista & 7 have the whoami command. Type whoami /? at the prompt for full information.

[Helpmeh]

In that case, Vista & 7 have the whoami command. Type whoami /? at the prompt for full information.

Well isn't that neat. Can you post it? I don't have vista or 7 so I can't see for myself.

[Quantos]

Well isn't that neat. Can you post it? I don't have vista or 7 so I can't see for myself.

I don't know if this is what you are looking for, Google works great though

[Helpmeh]

I don't know if this is what you are looking for, Google works great though

Spot on quantos!