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Quick batch file fix for Windows randomly deciding to hate audio
:: Hello!
:: This is a batch file to fix Windows being a pile of shit with audio drivers.
:: There's not actually a real solution to this problem, but this is a quick fix.
::
:: Solution found by: https://superuser.com/questions/20156
:: All credit goes to Superuser user Jeff Atwood https://superuser.com/users/1
:: BatchGotAdmin
:: Credit: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1894967
:-------------------------------------
@echo off
REM --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
echo Requesting administrative privileges...
goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )
:UACPrompt
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
set params = %*:"="
echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
exit /B
:gotAdmin
pushd "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------
@echo on
:: (this is the actual fix, the above is to get admin privileges)
net stop audiosrv
net start audiosrv
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