Unable to run commands as admin

Asked Aug 15 '18 at 14:26

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I'm currently trying to run some commands within my C# program but get an "access denied" error when I try to cd. I read that changing UseShellExecute to be true would give me admin access but whenever I do that I get the following error:

Exception thrown: 'System.PlatformNotSupportedException' in System.Diagnostics.Process.dll

I've tried setting cmd.UserName to null and cmd.Verb to "runas" but still get that same error. I'm also running visual studio as an admin. The issue is not with how to get admin access but why do I get an exception when I try to run it as an admin

ProcessStartInfo cmd = new ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe");
cmd.RedirectStandardInput = true;
cmd.UseShellExecute = false;
cmd.CreateNoWindow = false;
cmd.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal;
Process console = Process.Start(cmd);
console.StandardInput.WriteLine(" cd ..");

edited Aug 15 '18 at 14:40

asked Aug 15 '18 at 14:26

Mike

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possible duplicate (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13807429/running-cmd-commands-with-administrator-rights) – Ryan Wilson Aug 15 '18 at 14:29
Possible duplicate of [Running cmd commands with Administrator rights](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13807429/running-cmd-commands-with-administrator-rights) – Joe Farrell Aug 15 '18 at 14:37
I've seen this one but it doesn't help me with the exception I'm getting – Mike Aug 15 '18 at 14:39
Is your C# program, which starts the command prompt, running as an administrator? – Ryan Wilson Aug 15 '18 at 14:42
What´s your .NET platform version? – Sergio Rezende Aug 15 '18 at 14:58
@BerBar I think its 4.7.03056 – Mike Aug 15 '18 at 15:08
@RyanWilson I believe so, I'm running it using visual studio 2017 which I ran as an administrator – Mike Aug 15 '18 at 15:09
@mike if you examine the exception object, does it give you more information in the stack trace? – Ryan Wilson Aug 15 '18 at 15:25
@RyanWilson Yeah, I can see the message is "UseShellExecute is not supported on this platform" – Mike Aug 15 '18 at 15:53
@Mike are you running this program on a Windows operating system? – Ryan Wilson Aug 15 '18 at 16:06
@RyanWilson Yes, Windows 10 – Mike Aug 15 '18 at 16:44

Unable to run commands as admin

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