[From WeakShell to PowerShell] Fixing the broken mess that is 'PowerShell' so it resembles something actually worthy of its name. #powershell #weakshell #fixes #tips

fix_network_drives_missing_in_elevated_shell.ps1

# Reconnect PSDrives for network connections when running with elevated privileges
$elevated = (([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator))
if( $elevated ) {
    net use | ?{ $_ -match ":\s+\\\\"  -and !$_.StartsWith("Unavailable") } | %{
        $tokens = $_.split(":")
        $psdrivename = $tokens[0][$tokens[0].length-1]
        $path = $tokens[1].trim().split(" ")[0].trim()

        if( !(get-psdrive | ?{ $_.Name -eq $psdrivename } )) {
            write-host ( "Restoring PSDrive for {0}: {1}" -f $psdrivename, $path )
            new-psdrive $psdrivename FileSystem $path | out-null
        }
    }
}  

start_new_elevated_shell_from_existing_shell.ps1

# PowerShell 5 - add to $profile
function GoAdmin { Start-Process PowerShell –Verb RunAs }
# New-Item Alias:sudo -Value 'GoAdmin' | Out-Null