Run Powershell script from shortcut as Admin, script crashes

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I have a GUI script that runs just fine if I run it from my desktop, Right click > Run with Powershell.

If I create a link to the script so it can be run by double clicking the link it starts with Run As, requesting admin user/pass. The script starts and then immediately crashes.

%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -windowstyle “hidden” -c “S:\Tools\CHDToolwithDymo.ps1”

If I remove Run as Admin, the script starts as it should. Applying Admin again crashes. If I run the program from right click, powershell, I am able to start the script as Admin and it runs without issue.

Any thoughts or history with this? I’ve seen a few sites that talk about how to enable this, but nothing seems to have the same error that I’m experiencing.

Thanks

 

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It’s gonna be hard to recommend something meaningful without seeing your code.

Regardless of that: Why the command line option “-c”? The proper option would be “-File” I think.

3

right… code, makes sense.

I have a script to check for admin and if not prompt for elevated privledges. If I take it out the script runs from the shortcut, but when I leave it in the script starts and then crashes.

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If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator))
{

Relaunch as an elevated process:

Start-Process powershell.exe “-File”,(‘“{0}”’ -f $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path) -Verb RunAs
exit
}

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing

#New line variable - Can be added to help with formatting of output text
$NL = “`r`n”

.Net methods for hiding/showing the console in the background

Add-Type -Name Window -Namespace Console -MemberDefinition ’
[DllImport(“Kernel32.dll”)]
public static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();

[DllImport(“user32.dll”)]
public static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 nCmdShow);
’

function Show-Console
{
$consolePtr = [Console.Window]::GetConsoleWindow()

Hide = 0,

ShowNormal = 1,

ShowMinimized = 2,

ShowMaximized = 3,

Maximize = 3,

ShowNormalNoActivate = 4,

Show = 5,

Minimize = 6,

ShowMinNoActivate = 7,

ShowNoActivate = 8,

Restore = 9,

ShowDefault = 10,

ForceMinimized = 11

[Console.Window]::ShowWindow($consolePtr, 4)
}

function Hide-Console
{
$consolePtr = [Console.Window]::GetConsoleWindow()
#0 hide
[Console.Window]::ShowWindow($consolePtr, 0)
}

#region Creates Base level form for the rest of the Buttons/Labels to be attached to.
$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$form.Text = ‘CHD Tool’
$form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(600,600)
$form.StartPosition = ‘CenterScreen’
$form.FormBorderStyle = ‘Fixed3D’
$form.MaximizeBox = $false
$form.BackColor = “#B3B8C0”
$Icon = New-Object system.drawing.icon(“C:\Program Files\PropertyMngmt\rcmp_icon_hd.ico”)
$form.Icon = $Icon
#endregion

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4

right… code, makes sense.

I have a script to check for admin and if not prompt for elevated privledges. If I take it out the script runs from the shortcut, but when I leave it in the script starts and then crashes.

[pre]

If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator))
{

Relaunch as an elevated process:

Start-Process powershell.exe “-File”,(‘“{0}”’ -f $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path) -Verb RunAs
exit
}

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing

#New line variable - Can be added to help with formatting of output text
$NL = “`r`n”

.Net methods for hiding/showing the console in the background

Add-Type -Name Window -Namespace Console -MemberDefinition ’
[DllImport(“Kernel32.dll”)]
public static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();

[DllImport(“user32.dll”)]
public static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 nCmdShow);
’

function Show-Console
{
$consolePtr = [Console.Window]::GetConsoleWindow()

Hide = 0,

ShowNormal = 1,

ShowMinimized = 2,

ShowMaximized = 3,

Maximize = 3,

ShowNormalNoActivate = 4,

Show = 5,

Minimize = 6,

ShowMinNoActivate = 7,

ShowNoActivate = 8,

Restore = 9,

ShowDefault = 10,

ForceMinimized = 11

[Console.Window]::ShowWindow($consolePtr, 4)
}

function Hide-Console
{
$consolePtr = [Console.Window]::GetConsoleWindow()
#0 hide
[Console.Window]::ShowWindow($consolePtr, 0)
}

#region Creates Base level form for the rest of the Buttons/Labels to be attached to.
$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$form.Text = ‘Tool’
$form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(600,600)
$form.StartPosition = ‘CenterScreen’
$form.FormBorderStyle = ‘Fixed3D’
$form.MaximizeBox = $false
$form.BackColor = “#B3B8C0”
$form.Icon = $Icon
#endregion

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