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Edits Hosts File in Notepad++ With Admin Elevation
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| @echo off | |
| REM Note - this will not work if npp is already running without admin privledges | |
| :checkPrivileges | |
| NET FILE 1>NUL 2>NUL | |
| if '%errorlevel%' == '0' ( goto gotPrivileges ) else ( goto getPrivileges ) | |
| :getPrivileges | |
| if '%1'=='ELEV' (shift & goto gotPrivileges) | |
| setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion | |
| set "batchPath=%~0" | |
| setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion | |
| ECHO Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" | |
| ECHO UAC.ShellExecute "!batchPath!", "ELEV", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" | |
| "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" | |
| exit /B | |
| :gotPrivileges | |
| setlocal & pushd . | |
| REM Run as admin | |
| start notepad++ "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" |
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