Elevate-Process.ps1

#Borrowed from Powershell v2 LiveMeeting on 2009-04-16

$psi = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
$psi.Verb = "runas"

#if we pass no parameters, then launch PowerShell in the current location
if($args.Length -eq 0) {
  $psi.FileName = 'powershell'
  $psi.Arguments = "-NoExit -Command &{set-location '" + (get-location).Path + "'}"
}
#if we pass in a folder location, then launch powershell in that locatio
elseif(($args.Length -eq 1) -and (test-path $args[0] -pathType Container)) {
  $psi.FileName = 'powershell'
  $psi.Arguments = "-NoExit -Command &{set-location '" + (resolve-path $args[0]) + "'}"
}
#otherwise, launch the application specified in the arguments
else {
  $file, [string]$arguments = $args
  $psi.FileName = $file
  $psi.Arguments = $arguments
}

[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($psi) | out-null