diff --git a/file_assoc.cmd b/file_assoc.cmd
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+@echo off
+rem This script associates the .cbscript file extension with
+rem the corresponding commmand to compile it, located in run.cmd
+
+:admincheck
+    rem Checks if the file is running with administrator privileges
+    if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" equ "amd64" (
+        >nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\config\system"
+    ) else (
+        >nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
+    )
+
+    if "%errorlevel%" equ "0" goto main
+
+:noadmin
+    echo Not running as administrator.
+    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
+    powershell -Command "Start-Process -Verb RunAs -FilePath '%0'"
+    exit /b
+
+:main
+    assoc .cbscript=CBScript
+    ftype CBScript=%~dp0run.cmd "%%1" %%*
+
+    echo.
+    echo Successfully associated CBScript (.cbscript) files
+
+    pause
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diff --git a/run.cmd b/run.cmd
index 58f245a..527069b 100644
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+++ b/run.cmd
@@ -1,12 +1,28 @@
-@rem To make double clicking cbscript files work, modify:
-@rem \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cbscript_auto_file\shell\open\command
-@rem Set the string value to the file location of this file followed by "%1"
-@rem For example: "D:\Dropbox\Projects\Python\CBScript 1.16\run.cmd" "%1"
-@rem
-@rem To generate blocks.json, via command prompt at the minecraft server:
-@rem java -DbundlerMainClass=net.minecraft.data.Main -jar {jar_path} --server --reports
-@ECHO CBScript 1.20
-@title %~nx1
-@cd "%~dp0"
-py -3 compile.py %1
-@pause
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+@echo off
+rem To make double clicking cbscript files work, either:
+rem 1. Run file_assoc.cmd
+rem 2. Modify
+rem     \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cbscript_auto_file\shell\open\command
+rem     Set the string value to the file location of this file followed by "%1"
+rem     For example: "D:\Dropbox\Projects\Python\CBScript 1.16\run.cmd" "%1"
+rem
+rem To generate blocks.json, via command prompt at the minecraft server:
+rem java -DbundlerMainClass=net.minecraft.data.Main -jar {jar_path} --server --reports
+
+echo CBScript 1.20
+title %~nx1
+
+if "%1" == "" (
+    echo You must specify a file path.
+    exit /b
+)
+
+if not exist "%1" (
+    echo The specified file does not exist.
+    exit /b
+)
+
+cd "%~dp0"
+py compile.py %1
+
+pause