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Asked: 2026-05-30T20:29:12+00:00

I need to run an install script as an administrator. I tried several things

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I need to run an install script as an administrator. I tried several things but none of them works

runas /user:Administrator install.bat

The shell asks for the password, then opens a new shell windows, and closes it right away without executing the script

runas /user:Administrator "call install.bat"

The shell asks for the password, then failed with an error

Unable to run - call install.bat
2: The system cannot find the file specified

What I don’t understand is that if I run the command call install.bat without the runas part, the script is ran. It failed for the commands that need admin credentials but that’s expected.

I have 2 questions:

  • How to run the script as an administrator using the runas command?
  • Could you explain why the following call is not working: runas /user:Administrator "call install.bat"
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  1. Editorial Team

    Use cmd.exe which is your vehicle to interpret .cmd and .bat files.

    runas /user:Administrator "cmd.exe /K install.bat"

    or

    runas /user:Administrator "cmd.exe /C install.bat"

    check cmd.exe /? for /K and /C.

    Note: /C is more likely what you want.

    Side-note after your comment: runas has a /env option:

    /env              to use current environment instead of user's.
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