Open an Elevated Admin Command Prompt Window (Windows 7/ Vista)

Tekno Venus · Mar 10, 2013

Open an Elevated Command Prompt

This simple tutorial will show you how to open an elevated command prompt to run commands that require administrator permissions.

1) Click Start

2) Type cmd but do not press enter

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3) Right click the cmd.exe entry at the top of the last and choose "Run as Administrator"

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4) If necessary, enter the admin username and password in the UAC screen that pops up and press "Continue" or "Yes"

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5) You will now see a command prompt window. That's it! :)

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Stephen

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Open an Elevated Admin Command Prompt Window (Windows 7/ Vista)