How to Run Command Prompt As an Administrator on Windows

Last Updated: October 26, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to open the Windows terminal window as an administrator, which can be very easy if you happen to have authority. Running Command Prompt as an Administrator can give you more access to commands and more.

Steps

1
Press the Windows Key (
) + S at the same time. This opens Windows search.
2
Type cmd into the search bar. A list of results will appear.

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3
Right-click Command Prompt
. It’s the option with a black terminal window icon.
4
Click "Run as administrator". Then, click Yes on the UAC prompt. This will open a page called Administrator: Command Prompt. You can now run any command you wish.

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Community Q&A

Question

Is there a command to activate admin cmd while already in normal cmd?

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Top Answerer

You can launch a new elevated Command Prompt window with "powerShell -Command Start-Process cmd -verb RunAs". You cannot launch a new elevated prompt in the same window.

Warnings

Be careful when running commands when running Command Prompt as an administrator. You can do serious damage to your computer if you run the wrong command.

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Don't run any random command that you find on the internet. Some people will troll others by saying that you should run a command to fix a problem, but the command will actually damage your computer.
- Some commands that you should avoid running are "del", "rd", or "format", unless you know what you are doing. This list is not exhaustive though, and other commands can still be dangerous.
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