1.How to Open Cmd as admin in Windows 7 or Vista Go to the Start button. Go to Accessories folder. Search for Command Prompt. Right-Click Command Prompt. Select Run as Administrator. Right click on a shortcut that you want to run as administrator, and click on Properties. Click on the Shortcut tab for a program shortcut, then cllick on the Advanced button. (see screenshot below) 3. To Always Run this Specific Shortcut as an AdministratorA) Check the Run as administrator box, and click on OK. (see screenshot below) 4. Browse to C: windows System32 and right click on cmd.exe and run as Administrator. Worked for me on Windows 7. If you are trying to run a script with elevated privileges you could do the same for the script file or use the scheduler's run as a different user option to run the script. If you’re used to using the “Run” box to open apps, you can use that to launch Command Prompt with admin privileges. Press Windows+R to open the “Run” box. Type “cmd” into the box and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to run the command as an administrator. You can always go back to the start button and type in 'cmd'. When the search results are displayed, right click over the command prompt and select the 'run as administrator' option. Another way to. The easiest and quickest solution that follows your method, is by starting the command prompt as follows: Press win to open the start menu. Type in cmd to search for Command Prompt. Press ctrl+shift+enter to launch Command Prompt as administrator. This works from Windows 7 and up.
My preference for running CMD is to use Windows+R » type cmd » Enter.
But this doesn't open it with admin rights. Is there a way to type your way through to command prompt with admin rights?
nixda5 Answers
The easiest and quickest solution that follows your method, is by starting the command prompt as follows:
Press win to open the start menu. Type in cmd to search for Command Prompt.
Press ctrl+shift+enter to launch Command Prompt as administrator.
Run Prompt As Administrator Windows 7
This works from Windows 7 and up.
win+r does not natively support this though, but an alternative (and less quick) way, is to type in runas /user:Administrator cmd and then type the password for the administrator account.
EDIT: It seems that the latest version of Windows 10 does offer support for ctrl+shift+enter at the Win+R dialog, so you can now use it there too.
LPChipLPChipAnother fast way is to use Windows+X then hit A.
However I marked the other answer as the correct one because the question originally asked for a way to do that through Windows+R
Mohamed KhamisMohamed KhamisIn Windows 10, you can also type cmd in Run window, press Shift + Ctrl + Enter, instead of just pressing just enter. It will ask for permission & cmd will be in Administrator mode.
a simple answer:
- create a shortcut (LNK) to cmd.exe
- right-click the shortcut > properties > advanced > [v] run as administratir
- move the shortcut to a directory on the PATH
now: Win+R > admin > simply hit ok or enter.
nice to have
- UAC auto-click. it's possible, but WAY out of this scope (and a security break), so I'll press manually Alt+y.
- system-wide keyboard shortcut that links to this shortcut (or alternative command) directly. I'm using Win+Alt+C
alternative (external) commands
(Tested on windows 7)
Berry TsakalaBerry TsakalaTo run cmd as administrator through Win+R without additional password typing (but UAC warning is still in-place though) just use the following trick:
If you want to get an access to cmd by clicking a shortcut:
- Create a shortcut for cmd (C:WindowsSystem32cmd.exe)
- Right-click the shortcut > Properties
- Find 'Target' field on 'Shortcut' tab
- Replace the target value with
C:WindowsSystem32cmd.exe /C powershell 'Start-Process cmd -Verb RunAs'
Hope this helps.