diff --git a/lib/shared/permissions.js b/lib/shared/permissions.js
index 2e89084f..b051cc7f 100755
--- a/lib/shared/permissions.js
+++ b/lib/shared/permissions.js
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ const elevateScriptUnix = async (path, name) => {
  * });
  */
 exports.elevateCommand = async (command, options) => {
+  if (await exports.isElevated()) {
+    await childProcess.execFileAsync(command[0], command.slice(1), { env: options.environment })
+    return { cancelled: false }
+  }
   const isWindows = os.platform() === 'win32'
   const launchScript = exports.createLaunchScript(command[0], command.slice(1), options.environment)
   return Bluebird.using(tmpFileDisposer({ postfix: '.cmd' }), async ({ path }) => {