Test-ProcessAdminRights

Tests whether the current process is running with administrative rights.

Syntax

Test-ProcessAdminRights

Description

This function checks whether the current process has administrative rights by checking if the current user identity is a member of the Administrators group. It returns $true if the current process is running with administrative rights, $false otherwise.

On Windows Vista and later, with UAC enabled, the returned value represents the actual rights available to the process, e.g. if it returns $true, the process is running elevated.

Aliases

None

Inputs

None

Outputs

• System.Boolean

Parameters

Function Reference

:choco-info: NOTE

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