diff --git a/bin/elevate.cmd b/bin/elevate.cmd
index ba1bf4b9dccf68a84d5537cf58d66d361be502f3..e168318ca23d6efd79ede50f69fdb89d492870a0 100644
--- a/bin/elevate.cmd
+++ b/bin/elevate.cmd
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 @setlocal
 @echo off
+
+:: Try without elevation, in case %NVM_SYMLINK% is a user-owned path and the 
+:: machine has Windows 10 Developer Mode enabled
+%*
+if %ERRORLEVEL% LSS 1 goto :EOF
+
+:: The command failed without elevation, try with elevation
 set CMD=%*
 set APP=%1
 start wscript //nologo "%~dpn0.vbs" %*