win-sudo

Uses Task Scheduler to run any command as administrator on Windows.

Note: See caveats for associated risks.

Install

npm i -g win-sudo

Usage

First time: Register from an elevated prompt:

sudo $register

This will create a new Scheduled Task "win-sudo" with HIGHEST Run Level.

Subsequently, from any (un-elevated) prompt:

sudo command-you-want-to-run with args

This will run the task "win-sudo" which will run the specified command.

Caveats

• DANGER: It will *never* ask for a *password*. Any program/command will be able to use this feature to carry out commands with elevated privileges.

• It stores the command that needs to be run temporarily in a lockfile. So some use-cases may not be ideal for this (like running a lot of parallel commands at once).

• It stores and relays input/output from the task to current prompt via (unique) temporary files.

• It's not perfect. Issues/PRs most welcome.