This tutorial will explain how to open an Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 10. You can use this Command Prompt to type commands that will be executed with Administrative privileges.

Some commands and strings that you type at the command prompt require elevated administrative privileges.

Simply type the command followed by /? and the program should display its help file. This can be seen in the example below where we see the command line arguments for the Windows del command.

Command Prompt commands let you manage your computer, move files, start apps, and more just by typing.

Type a space, and then type "/" followed by the second switch. Continue adding switches until all command-line parameters are defined. Click "OK" or press the "Enter" key to execute the command.

This article is about using MS-DOS command prompt to find files on the computer. It also show some of the MS-DOS commands.