Modify bash shell script so it runs in elevated admin mode on Win explorer double click?

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Fri Apr 11 23:40:02 GMT 2025


On 2025-04-11 10:46, Mark Liam Brown via Cygwin wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM Brian Inglis via Cygwin
> <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2025-04-11 10:21, Mark Liam Brown via Cygwin wrote:
>>> Greetings!
>>>
>>> How can I modify a Cygwin bash script so it runs in elevated
>>> Administrator mode when someone double-clicks it in Windows Explorer?
>>
>> Use a Run as admin shortcut?
> 
> How can I create one from a Makefile or bash script with Cygwin tools?

Cygwin cygutils mkshortcut with target /proc/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/runas
args /user:ADMINISTRATOR "/bin/...sh .../script" - not clear if paths in args 
are converted or not?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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