Windows 10: Running .bat file as administrator from a folder containing "&" doesn't work?

So, as any other user that respects himself and his sanity, i have a collection of tiny .bat files that i have created for automatically fixing all kinds of annoyances M$ has blessed us with, everything from certain permissions to reg values, all nicely stored in one folder i've named "Configs, Fixes & Tweaks".


Now for my problem: pretty much what i said in the title. I noticed that while normal "unelevated" runs of said .bat files work without a hitch, if i have to run them as administrator it simply fails, the explorer window flashes for a second but nothing happens. I noticed this behavior only happens if the folder you run the .bat from contains a "&" symbol in it's name (may also happen with other symbols, i haven't tested), so as you saw above, my folder does have this character in the name and i don't really intend to change it, if it can be helped. You can even test this for yourself, make a new folder, name it "somethingsomething&" and add any .bat file in there (even an empty one) and try to run it via right click> run as administartor.

Is there any way to bypass this? Do i have to include something in my file so that it would run? some sort of path? I tried searching this issue but apparently nobody has ever encountered this issue. Am i missing something?

:)

 

Suddenly can't run bat files as administrator

Opening an elevated command prompt, as you describe, and as I mentioned, does work.
Right-click, Run as Administrator no longer works. It used to.
Running non-elevated, either by double-clicking or via opening a command prompt works (though then various commands fail due to lack of permission, as expected.)

The weird thing is that right-click, Run as Administrator stopped working.

 

Suddenly can't run bat files as administrator


Are you right-clicking on the file and running it "as administrator"? Because with Bat files, you should open a Command Prompt (Admin) By pressing Windows key+X, then after it is open, CD to the folder where the BAT files are, and then run it. That way, you can see if it ran or if it failed.

 

Suddenly can't run bat files as administrator


New, weird, behavior --

If I right click on a bat file, and Run as Administrator, all I get is a brief flash (perhaps a command window?).
Just double clicking on it runs as expected (though not elevated, which is what I need).
If I open an elevated command window and run the bat file within that window it works fine.

So I have a workaround, but it's still annoying.
It's always worked as expected in the past, I last used the batch files about a week ago.

Tested with a simple bat file (echo "hello", pause). Same results.

The fact that it is only a problem when I try Run as Administrator has me baffled.

WIn10 Home build 10240, administrator user account