Uniform variant of a command line as a single argument for the mshta.exe executable and other cases

[andry81]

https://github.com/andry81/contools/tree/HEAD/scripts/tools/ToolAdaptors/hta/Samples/mshta_cmd_elevate.bat

Caution

\"", \"""", etc expressions only has meaning inside a .bat script. Any attempt to use it outside a script (including a terminal command line) will lead into incorrect expansion because of a terminal command line or an .exe command line it has their own different expansion rules including command line of the cmd.exe executable.

Output:

>vbscript:ExecuteGlobal(\""Close(CreateObject(\""""Shell.Application\"""").ShellExecute(\""""C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe\"""", \""""/k @cd \""""""""w:\work\MyProjects\andry81\contools\contools\Scripts\Tools\ToolAdaptors\hta\Samples\"""""""" & w: & \""""""""w:/work/MyProjects/andry81/contools/contools/_externals/contools--utils/bin/contools/printargs.exe\"""""""" \""""""""123 456\""""""""\"""", \""""\"""", \""""runas\"""", 1))\"")
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98|w:/work/MyProjects/andry81/contools/contools/_externals/contools--utils/bin/contools/printargs.exe|
368|vbscript:ExecuteGlobal("Close(CreateObject(\"Shell.Application\").ShellExecute(\"C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe\", \"/k @cd \\\"w:\work\MyProjects\andry81\contools\contools\Scripts\Tools\ToolAdaptors\hta\Samples\\\" & w: & \\\"w:/work/MyProjects/andry81/contools/contools/_externals/contools--utils/bin/contools/printargs.exe\\\" \\\"123 456\\\"\", \"\", \"runas\", 1))")|
---
?.=vbscript:ExecuteGlobal("Close(CreateObject(""Shell.Application"").ShellExecute(""C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe"", ""/k @cd """"w:\work\MyProjects\andry81\contools\contools\Scripts\Tools\ToolAdaptors\hta\Samples"""" & w: & """"w:/work/MyProjects/andry81/contools/contools/_externals/contools--utils/bin/contools/printargs.exe"""" """"123 456"""""", """", ""runas"", 1))")

98|w:/work/MyProjects/andry81/contools/contools/_externals/contools--utils/bin/contools/printargs.exe|
07|123 456|