How to detect if CMD is running as Administrator/has elevated privileges?

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This trick only requires one command: type net session into the command prompt.

If you are NOT an admin, you get an access is denied message.

System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.

If you ARE an admin, you get a different message, the most common being:

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From MS Technet:

Used without parameters, net session displays information about all
sessions with the local computer.

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