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Vagrant fails to detect elevated CMD on Windows

Overview

Running vagrant up --provider=virtualbox --provision from an elevated PS or CMD gives me the error "You must run the GitLab Vagrant from an elevated command prompt"

Vagrantfile uses reg query HKU\\S-1-5-19 2>&1 to see if it's elevated, but running that command manually in CMD gives "ERROR: Invalid key name". By removing one of the backslashes, to make it reg query HKU\S-1-5-19 2>&1, the script runs fine.

Environment

  • Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 1909
  • GDK version: acd0cf4a