How does A_IsAdmin work?

[PuzzledGreatly]

I have two user accounts, one is an admin account the other is a regular account. If I run a script containg the line msgbox %A_IsAdmin% I get the answer 0 each time. Shouldn't a script run under my Admin acoount have admin rights? Thanks.

[Coco]

A_IsAdmin is true if script is running as administrator (right click, RunAs Administrator)

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks, how do I determine if the user has Admin rights?

[LinearSpoon]

This looks promising, but I've not tried it myself.
How to tell if the current user is in administrators group

[just me]

Thanks, how do I determine if the user has Admin rights?

viewtopic.php?p=25618#p25618

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks for the link, just me. That method works well.

[0sync0]

A_IsAdmin is true if script is running as administrator (right click, RunAs Administrator)

Why is A_IsAdmin true when the script is not run as administrator?

[imustbeamoron]

what does this return?

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MsgBox % DllCall("Shell32.dll\IsUserAnAdmin")

[0sync0]

what does this return?

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MsgBox % DllCall("Shell32.dll\IsUserAnAdmin")

1

Does that mean everything is run as admin?