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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:11:49 -0700
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Subject: Re: Modify bash shell script so it runs in elevated admin mode on Win
 explorer double click?
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From: Backwoods BC via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM Brian Inglis via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On 2025-04-11 10:21, Mark Liam Brown via Cygwin wrote:
> > Greetings!
> >
> > How can I modify a Cygwin bash script so it runs in elevated
> > Administrator mode when someone double-clicks it in Windows Explorer?
>
> Use a Run as admin shortcut?

That's how I do it, but you have to trick Windows as it won't let you
set "Run as admin" on a shortcut pointing to s shell script:

Use this as your shortcut target:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c C:\path\yourScript.sh

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