How to change to Admin mode in CMD ?

When we open the CMD in normal way it will open with normal privileges. Is there any way we can change the mode by giving a command? (like sudo in Linux)

Thanks in advance.

PS: ctrl + shift + enter is not what I am asking

Hello Kapz,

• Navigate to the following path using your explorer address bar: %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\
• Right click CMD.exe and select "Run As..."
• Select "The following user..." and type your administrator username and password then click OK

Thank you :)

Thanks Joe for the reply but I want to start the cmd as a normal user and get the admin privilege later for the same command prompt. This approach will start the cmd as admin (or the specific user)

Welcome to Windows Seven Forums.

You could try creating a desktop shortcut to cmd.exe then right-click the shortcut and choose Properties.

You'll find cmd.exe under C:\Windows\System32.

Select the Shortcut tab and click Advanced.

Enable Run as Administrator and click OK twice.

kapz said:

Thanks Joe for the reply but I want to start the cmd as a normal user and get the admin privilege later for the same command prompt. This approach will start the cmd as admin (or the specific user)

Hi kapz,
Sorry for misunderstanding. This can be done using the following command.

Code:

runas /user:(UserNameHere) CMD.exe

Thank you :)

Thanks all for your kind replies!

JoeMJV said:

Hi kapz,
Sorry for misunderstanding. This can be done using the following command.

Code:

runas /user:(UserNameHere) CMD.exe

Thank you :)

This worked to some extent. Thanks!

If you are looking to keep all of the code in one cmd window because of variables and/or environment settings, then you can try the work around mentioned by CatBus near the bottom of this thread.

Or you can use some of the scripting tools mentioned in this old technet article. e.g. AutoIt3 has the ability to gather the results from one CMD window and use them in another.

JoeMJV said:

kapz said:

Thanks Joe for the reply but I want to start the cmd as a normal user and get the admin privilege later for the same command prompt. This approach will start the cmd as admin (or the specific user)

Hi kapz,
Sorry for misunderstanding. This can be done using the following command.

Code:

runas /user:(UserNameHere) CMD.exe

Thank you :)

I am using this In a batchfile "runas /userUserNameHere) CMD.exe". It ask to type a password. How can I put the password Into the batch file too?