I like to do a Win+R+ CMD + Enter but it doesn't run the command prompt in "administrator mode".  I am aware that I can "right-click" run as admin, however I was wondering is there anyway to make the CMD run automatically in administrator mode? (usually most of the things that I need to do with CMD requires admin access anyway)
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As a developer, I often have the need to open a command prompt for various purposes. For example, I use iisreset to restart my local web server.  I typically open the command window in one of two ways:   Press Win, type "cmd" and press Enter While in Explorer, hold Shift and right click on a folder, and choose "Open command window here"   However, when I open the command window in either of these ways, I do not have the full administrator privileges that I feel I am entitled to.    In order to run administrator-only applications, I have to open the command line in this relatively laborious way:   Press Win, type "cmd" Wait for the menu to populate Lift hand off the keyboard and put it on the mouse Right click the "cmd.exe" menu item Choose "Run as administrator"   This is unacceptable for several reasons:   The window always opens in C:\windows\system32, rather than my Users directory (as in approved technique 1) or the folder I want to be in (as in approved technique 2). So I often have to change directories to get where I want to go. This process is several milliseconds slower than either of my preferred methods. Performed several times a day, every day for the remainder of my career, it adds up to about ten days of lost time spent clicking and waiting and directory changing. As a programmer, performing a pointless robotic task causes me great emotional pain. As a programmer, lifting my hand is a strenuous task that causes me great physical pain.   That is why I am looking for a one-and-done solution that will let approved techniques 1 &amp; 2 open administrator command prompts.  Many programs let you permanently change their default privilege level from the Properties menu. Command Prompt is not one of those programs.    How do I make the command window run as administrator by default (even when using the "Open command window here" context menu option)?
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At my workplace, Windows 7 machines are being rolled out, and users are not being granted administrative privileges.  My department creates applications that run locally on the user's machine, and those are working normally (as far as we've seen).  One application, on the other hand, does not.  It's the application that updates the others (our 'Update Agent').  So, when the user runs the Update Agent, they're immediately stopped with an error, since that application was not able to write to C:\Program Files\our app\  We need a way for these Windows 7 machines to allow this application to be run as administrator or with admin rights when the user executes them.  Since these users will never be given the administrator password, 'Run As Administrator' is not an option.  The user will need to click on shortcut, and it run with enough permissions to modify that folder, write to the registry, etc.  What I'm hoping for is some kind of GPO or policy or something that can be configured on the domain level that will allow this to occur; or, something configured on the client machines once.  Our applications are .net Framework 1.1 and 2.0, and signed with a key.    Any insight would be appreciated.
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Suppose I run cmd.exe and ping localhost. After that I ping localhost again but I click into the window and the ping stops until I press enter.  What happens exactly when I click into the window? Does it suspend the process or something else? I attached a screenshot to clarify this issue.  Note: I do not actually click but drag using the mouse which creates a white box in the window as you can see on the screenshot.  Edit: further clarification: What I really wish to know is whether dragging the window halts the cmd process or not?  Edit: even more clarification: I know that I'm using Quick Edit and pressing enter copies the contents I selected. What I do not know is what happens in the background.
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Whenever I open the terminal,   To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo &lt;command&gt;".   See "man sudo_root" for details.   appears before the terminal. How do I get that to go away?
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Running an application as a different user (e.g. domain admin account) from the start menu (by shift + right-clicking the application) used to be an option in Windows 7 &amp; XP.  However, I can't find that option in Windows 10. The workaround seems to be either 1) to find the application in Windows Explorer (shift + right-click) or 2) use runas.exe from the command line.  However, in order to use those workarounds, I have look up the executable name first. It's a bit difficult because I don't have the name of every RSAT tool or executable name memorized.  (e.g. "Active Directory Users and Computers" is dsa.msc, "Routing and Remote Acces" is rrasmgmt.msc)  Is there a simpler way to do this?
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How can I open a command prompt in current folder with a keyboard shortcut in Windows 7? Is there any way to implement this? I think Autohotkey could do this, but don't know how.
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I have a windows 7 user who belongs to admin group. I want to execute sc command that requires admin privileges. I DON'T want to open an elevated cmd, want to be able to simply Win+R->Enter command, enter password and that's all. I tried the runas command, but it doesn't seem to work:  &gt;runas /user:me "cmd"   and it asks for a password, and then the command is executed with normal privileges. I know I could use /user:administrator but I don't know the admin pass and I think the admin user (me) should work.
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What is it for? How do I use it? How is it different from the regular Command Prompt? Is there anything I should know before starting to use it? Any awesome things you can do with it that a super user should know about?
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I want "Command Prompt Here" in right click menu for all folders but without having to hold shift key.   It was possible in earlier versions of windows,  but it's not working anymore, in Windows 10.  Has this method changed in Windows 10? or is there another way to do this?
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My account in Windows 7 is an administrator account. When I open the Run box (WinKey + R), I am warned, "This task will be created with administrative privileges."    Is there any way to run programs as myself, but without administrative privileges when logged in as an administrator?
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How do I launch Windows'  with certain path located, like "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0", so I don't have to do the clicking?  What's the command line argument to do this? Or is there a place to find the explanation of RegEdit's switches?
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I was trying to use mklink command in cmd (I have Windows 7 OS) I was logged on as administrator, but I got:  You do not have sufficient privilege to perform this operation.  I used the same command in Vista, it worked OK. Any ideas why it does not work in Windows 7?
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I have recently disabled  so that it now prompts me for a password every time.  And though this is good for security, it has caused one slight problem which I haven't been able to figure out a solution for, I am unable to run commands which go along the lines of:   sudo &lt;command&gt; &amp;   In the past I would have run a sudo command before that, it would have cached my password and allowed me to run sudo commands without prompt for the next few minutes, and thus it would allow me to run the command.  But when I run it now as there is no caching before hand and as it starts a new thread immediately and sudo doesn't even prompt me for a password, I am unable to run it in this way.  So unless I run sudo -i before it I am unable to run a command in this format which is becoming rather annoying. So I was wondering if there is any way to get around this and still run programs and commands in this way?  I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18, and specifically the program I want to run in this fashion is etherape if that makes any difference, but I would really like the solution to work for all programs and commands.
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I'm want to grant a user administrative rights to one application on Windows 7. I don't want them to be able to have full admin rights, but admin rights are required for one of the applications they need to use.   Is there a way to set up a batch script or something where the user won't know it's being run as admin?  Or is there another way?  How can I accomplish this?
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How can I permanently change the contents of the command prompt under Windows 7? I know about the prompt command, and the , but I'm not sure where to save the custom prompt so that it's used every time. Old web pages say autoexec.bat, but that seems to be an uneditable dummy file under 7.
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Currently, for all my commands that require root access, I have to type them out on a command line.  I would like for the GUI to prompt me to key in my password, when sudo is required, instead of having to type out the commands from command line.  Is there any way to enable this? Previously one version of Ubuntu desktop had this feature out of the box.  This version of Ubuntu (that I am now running) I upgraded from a server installation.  I will add, my user account is already added to sudo group. Thus I can run commands such as sudo gedit or sudo apt-get but I'm not able to install software in the Ubuntu Software Center.
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I've recently had trouble with explorer.exe not working.  I found a possible solution , using .  The problem is that I cannot "right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator", since explorer.exe does not work for even a second without crashing.  I tried to use the  to open cmd as administrator, but I get an error 1327 because I have a blank password.    My question is, is there any other way to run cmd.exe with admin privileges?  If not, is there any way to run sfc.exe without admin privileges?  If not, does anyone have solution to my original problem of explorer.exe stopping and restarting ad nauseam?