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How To Open Command Prompt With Administrator Privileges In Windows 7

[ 3 ] January 31, 2010 | Abi

You need to have administration privileged to do something that regular rights unable to do in Windows 7, like activity that could effect to your Windows performance, both potentially harming or less. To prevent click on yes option at any prompt tab that Windows 7 asks, then use administrator user to open the application

And about command prompt, you usually get situation that the commands refuse or have access denied error, to deal with such situation you have to use full admin rights when launching command prompt and also permission state, as a Windows 7 users, there are several ways to use to open command prompt (cmd.exe) using administrator privileges

Windows 7 Elevated Command Prompt

The following are 2 simplest technique we can use to open Command Prompt with Administrator Privileges in Windows 7:

Technique 1

  1. Click on Windows Start button.
  2. All programs->Accessories-> Command Prompt
  3. Right click on Command Prompt.
  4. On the pop-up right click context menu, select “Run as Administrator”.

Technique 2

  1. Press on Win + R keyboard keys.
  2. Type in Cmd into the Open textbox.
  3. Hit OK or press Enter.

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  1. Williams says:

    Thanks Mate, its working. I have tried it in my windows 7 operating system, and it works.

    Thanks once again.

  2. In my opinion the Windows Run shortcut is a bit more agile.
    Thanks for the tip.

  3. Matt says:

    The windows key + R is a great tip! I had no idea you could do that, even after having windows 7 for almost a year. Thanks!