Elevate current TC process as administrator explicitly

[atbest]

TC can request administrator privilege and elevate current process as administrator when necessary, and then return to normal privilege after a while. However, this only works for certain predefined tasks, but could not be used for certain fs plugins that require administrator privilege to work properly, eg. ext4plugin, Registry (for editing), Task Manager (to kill some processes), etc.

I tried to run TCMADM64.EXE within TC, but it says that it is internal to TC and cannot be called directly. So I have to start another TC process with administrator privilege to complete the work inconveniently. It would be great if we can trigger the prompt explicitly with a shortcut, a button, or an internal cm_* command ideally.

[Horst.Epp]

Create a button like this

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
*%COMMANDER_EXE%
%Z/N %X"%P" "%T"
%COMMANDER_PATH%\TCMADM64.EXE
TC x64 as Admin

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It starts an enhanced instance of the current TC in the same pathes.
With this you can then run any plugin or other tools with enhanced rights.
Exit this TC when you are finished.

[atbest]

How to create such a button?
Will this revoke the admin privilege automatically after a while as defined in AdminTimeout?

[Horst.Epp]

Will this revoke the admin privilege automatically after a while as defined in AdminTimeout? If not, it is dangerous and I will not use this method.

Its your decision.
Personaly I always know what mode I'm running and its shown in the title bar.

[atbest]

I understand your code now. It is actually the same with what I said "I have to start another TC process with administrator privilege to complete the work" in my initial post -just use a different icon.