How to open elevated command prompt in Windows?

Posted Date: 20-Jul-2010		Category: Tips & Tricks
Author: Prashant Sultania	Member Level: Diamond
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This article is about how to open the elevated command prompt in windows. What are the steps to open elevated command prompt?

Elevated Command Prompt in windows is the administrator command prompt where you can access the entire system as an administrator. Default command prompt is not the command prompt of administrator. This can be opened by any of the user.
Now the question arises how to differentiate default command prompt and elevated command prompt. You can see the below images for the default command prompt and elevated command prompt.

Default Command Prompt

Elevated Command Prompt

Now follow these steps to open elevated command prompt in windows.

1) Click on START button, then click on All Programs, then click on Accessories.

2) Now right click on Command Prompt and click on Run as Administrator.

3) Now click on continue in the UAC prompt.

OR

1) Click on START Button.

2) In the text area of serch type cmd

3) Now right-click on the top of cmd and select Run as Administrator.

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