title: Batch script not calling Powershell
body: <p>I have a batch script that calls a Powershell file in administration mode.  I found this code a while ago, and it's worked great ever since:</p>
  
  <pre><code>PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command 
  "&amp; {Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList '-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File %PSFile%' -Verb RunAs}";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This time though, I called the batch script from another program.  This program says the process worked, but it didn't actually do anything.  Examining the logs from echo, I can see the batch script is being called, but it's not calling Powershell.  I tried running the batch script manually, and it calls PS fine, so something with how the batch script is being called by the other program is messing with how it calls PS.</p>
  
  <p>This in mind, I tried changing the batch script to directly run my .ps1 file, instead of starting a new admin instance of powershell to start it.  My new .bat file looked like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Powershell -File %PSFILE% -Verb RunAs
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Calling this from the other program sucessfully calls my Powershell script, but I get a bunch of errors from the PS script, since it's not an admin PS session like it needs to be. </p>
  
  <p>How can I change my batch script to call Powershell as an admin, without using Powershell to call itself (which doesn't seem to work with the program that needs to run it)?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: After trying a bunch of tweaks, I've found I don't even need to be in admin mode to do what this script does.  However, I still get access denied errors when running it through the program (admin or not).  So something about running it from the program is making it need more permissions than when I run the batch script manually.</p>