Public/Invoke-PowershellAs.ps1
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function Invoke-PowershellAs { [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [string]$Username=$(Read-Host "Enter a username"), [switch]$RunAs ) $FileName = $Username -Replace ("\\",".") $CredDir = "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Credentials" $SecureFile = "$CredDir\$Filename.pspw" if (Test-Path $SecureFile) { Write-Verbose "Getting password from $SecureFile" $Password = Get-Content $SecureFile | ConvertTo-SecureString } else { Write-Warning "$SecureFile not found." New-Path $CredDir -Type 'Directory' $Password = Read-Host -AsSecureString "Enter $User password" if (Get-Answer "Cache encrypted password for future use? (Yes or No)") { Write-Host "Saving encrypted password for future use to $SecureFile" $String = $Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString Set-Content $SecureFile $String } else { Write-Host "Not caching password." } } $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $Username, $Password if ($RunAs) { $Arg = "Start-Process powershell.exe" } else { $Arg = "Start-Process powershell.exe -Verb RunAs" } $Args = @{ Credential = $Credential NoNewWindow = $True ArgumentList = $Arg } Start-Process powershell.exe @Args } |