<# .SYNOPSIS Check for admin rights .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script checks if the user has administrator rights. .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-admin.ps1 ✅ Yes, Markus has admin rights. .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> try { if ($IsLinux) { # todo } else { $user = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() $principal = (New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal $user) if ($principal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltinRole]::Administrator)) { "✅ Yes, $USERNAME has admin rights." } elseif ($principal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltinRole]::Guest)) { "⚠️ No, $USERNAME, has guest rights only." } else { "⚠️ No, $USERNAME has normal user rights only." } } exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) (in script line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }