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Elevator

This is a utility application that can launch anything with everything below defined at the same time:

  • Privilege raised
  • Run as different user
  • Environment variable maniupate (prefix, postfix, and/or redefine)
  • Passing arguments
  • Shell execute (Supports open something which itself isn't an executable)
  • Working directory change

This utility is specified and targeted to Windows platform only, it will not work on other platform even you try to run it with other CLR implementations.

Usage

Elevator.exe [options] [--] {command} [arguments...]

where options can be:

  • --vXXX: Verb, aka. the action will take on the command/filename, define this to use shell execute, where XXX is the verb itself, it can be open, edit, openasreadonly, print, etc.
  • --runas: Special action that raise privilege to administrator while launching.
  • --eXXX=YYY: Sets YYY to environment variable XXX.
  • --eXXX: Copy environment variable XXX in current scope to new environment.
  • --aXXX=YYY: Appends YYY to environment variable XXX.
  • --pXXX=YYY: Prepends YYY to environment variable XXX.
  • --cd=YYY: Sets working directory to YYY.
  • --wXXX: Sets window style for new process, it can be normal, hidden, minimized, maximized, default is normal.
  • --nowindow: Sets new process lanuch without creating a new window to contain it.
  • --nowait: Do not wait until the target application exits. This may cause input problem if it is launched within interactive console.
  • --login=XXX: Run the process with different user as XXX, you may pass as UPN format, such as user@DNS_domain_name.
  • --loginpw=XXX: Password. If you have login defined and the user needs password, please provide with password.
  • --loaduserprofile: Load user profile, only have use when use with login.

The option prefix can be --, -, or /.

License

MIT