Elevated prompt/Run as Administrator once and for all.

fdegrove

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Hi,

For those who'd like to use the power of a permanent admin (can of course be reverted) prompt here's how:

Elevated Command Prompt Shortcut - Windows 7 Forums

Open Explorer and drill down to:

C:\Users\"Username"*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools

There you see the command prompt shortcut as the first of a list of shortcuts. Right click it, choose properties from the list.
The property list will open, now choose Advanced and tick the "Run as Administrator" checkbox. Click Apply, Close. Done.

Now every time you run a command prompt you'll run it with administrative rights.

Cheers, ;)

* Username: the account name you logged on with.
 
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I don't have that option.

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Shortcut tab | Advanced button at bottom

Of course, this only works for that actual shortcut.
 

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Go to the "start corner" right click and select Command Prompt (Admin).

that gets you an elevated cmd.exe console.

Then again, there are three built-in 'command' consoles available for Windows 8:

Cmd.exe

Command.com

PowerShell.exe

I suppose it depends what you want to do.

You can also run a program with elevated rights from the task manager if you are a member of the administrators.
 
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