[PS&CMD] My short code line will not work if a folder/file name has an "&" character in it.

[Outbreaker]

Hi,
I  have a short  code line that would ask elevated privileges for a Batch file. But now I noticed that if a file name or a folder name has an "&" character in it then the code will not work. 😫
Dose anyone have a solution for this problem? 🤔

@ECHO OFF
FLTMC >NUL 2>&1 || PowerShell Start-Process -FilePath '%0' -Verb RunAs >NUL 2>&1 && EXIT /b
FLTMC >NUL 2>&1 && GoTo EVD
ECHO I'm not wokring.
PAUSE
:EVD
ECHO Hallo World.
PAUSE

 

Edited May 29, 2022 by Outbreaker

[jaclaz]

You can try with some additional (double) quotes, see here:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-powershell/batch-file-filename-with-ampersand-amp/m-p/3284432

but cannot say if similar trickery will apply to your case.

jaclaz 

 

[Outbreaker]

After smashing the web search button for hours, I found a script that works and dose the job better than my previous script. 😃

FLTMC >NUL 2>&1 || Set _=^"Set "_Elevated=1" ^& CD /d """%~dp0""" ^& "%~f0" %*^" && ((If "%Elevated%"=="" ((PowerShell -nop -c START "" CMD -args '/d /x /s /v:off /r',$env:_ -Verb RunAs >NUL 2>NUL) || (MSHTA VBScript:Execute^("CreateObject(""Shell.Application"").ShellExecute(""CMD"",""/d /x /s /v:off /r""&CreateObject(""WScript.Shell"").Environment(""PROCESS"")(""_""),,""RunAs"",1)(Window.Close)"^) >NUL 2>&1))) & EXIT /b)