Run CMD with Admin credential

Feroz Khan

3y3.4kC#

Dear All,

I want run cmd with admin credential and admin credintial i want to specifiy in code and i want to run some command in windows but application will be hidden,

and where i am runing that is user standard account do not have admin access so i want to run some cmd code with admin access which i have credential of admin and want to perfom some command (like) Net user admin abc1233; password change or any other commands as per requirement.

So below is my code and its not working because user do not have admin access to perfom this command.

System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
startInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
startInfo.Arguments = "net user admin abc@123456";
startInfo.Verb = "runas";
process.StartInfo = startInfo;
process.Start();

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Rijwan Ansari3y ago
You can check this article.

https://itecnote.com/tecnote/c-running-cmd-as-administrator-with-an-argument-from-c/
David Brown3y ago
Could it be that your current application doesn't have admin rights? You can try to configure in app.manifest to start the current application as an administrator:

To build a C# application with the "requireAdministrator" permission level, you need to follow these steps:
1. Open Visual Studio or any other C# development environment.
2. Create a new C# project or open an existing one.
3. Right-click on the project in the Solution Explorer and select "Properties" from the context menu.
4. In the project properties window, go to the "Application" tab.
5. Under the "Security" section, click on the "View Windows Settings" button.
6. A new UAC (User Account Control) manifest file will open. In this file, locate the following line:
1. Replace the above line with:
1. Save the UAC manifest file and close it. The project properties window should now show the updated manifest file.
2. Click on the "OK" button to save the project properties.
3. Rebuild your C# application.