Running a command in an elevated prompt

[bobmac1547]

I'm using one "Master Script" where I put little ditties like my email addy, my snailmail addy, phone number, etc. into different parts of the script under ^+S:: or ^+f:: and so forth. They are all basically SEND commands. All works well.

Now I'm trying to add something to that master script which is the first executable for me. I want to run an elevated command prompt (as Admin) and run the command "powercfg -requests" Nothing is working. I get the error box pointing to the line: "Run Runas, cmd.exe"

Here's what I have

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^+s::
Runas, LogonName, Password
Run Runas, cmd.exe
Send {raw2} powercfg -requests
Send {enter}
Runas
return

Can someone help this newbie who can't program his way out of a wet paper bag?

[Nightwolf85]

I'd read through the Run document page, and check the section on *RunAs.
https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Run.htm#RunAs

I'm not too sure what output you are expecting from powercfg -requests but you could try something like this:

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^+s::
Runas, LogonName, Password
Run *RunAs %comspec% /c powercfg -requests & pause ; If you don't need it to leave the window open remove the & pause
Runas
return

*Edit
You may not need the Runas, LogonName, Password and the following Runas if you are already an admin, it should only be needed if you need to run as a different user than is running the script.

[lexikos]

Also see the FAQ, specifically the one about UAC.