Windows – Batch delete: Access is denied

I'm afraid there's no simple solution to what you're trying to do.

• cmd is not very interactive, and scripts are intended to be run without human attention.
• another limitation lies in the way UAC works: a process can be elevated only when it starts; after a process is started, it either has administrator privileges or not.
  So in your case, for every command that could potentially lead to UAC prompt, you have to code both ways: where the script has permission to copy without elevation, and with the elevation.

You can't program elevation with cmd unless you have an additional tool which handle elevation for you and then proceed with the command that failed with regular permissions.

If you were OK with the way it worked on Windows XP, the most simple solution is to run your script with administrator privileges.

If the purpose of your script is to copy one single file and that's all the script does, creating utility that plays nice with UAC seems like overkill.

You can create shortcut, .lnk file, for your script. Then in shortcut properties, on Shortcut tab, click Advanced button and check Run as administrator. Click OK twice to save changes.

When you click such shortcut, you'll see UAC prompt for Windows Command Processor (because it executes .cmd files).

This can be easily achieved by using "TakeOwnership" a command on the right-click menu which can be added via a simple registry edit. You can download a registry file which does it for you here.

Extract the archive, import the reg-file by double-clicking on it. Windows will inform you about the successful import of the file. Afterwards just right-click on the file and/or folder you want to take ownership of and chose "Take Ownership" from the right-click menu.

Depending on how many items you selected, a couple of command-line windows will pop up and assign ownership to all selected files with the selected folder. After this is done, you can easily delete any file or folder you have taken ownership of.

You could also go the Microsoft way by right-clicking a folder or file and adding your account to the permission list in the security options menu (properties --> security) and giving yourself full access, but the above way is a lot more hassle-free and a lot more convenient.