A small tip on how to launch, run or open Command Prompt as an administrator or an elevated CMD with administrative privileges & rights in Windows 11/10.

You can open the Command Prompt on a PC by right-clicking the Start icon, by searching for it, or by opening the Windows System folder.

Through Command Prompt, you can run different programs manually by typing specific commands. Although DOS is no longer part of the Windows OS, newer versions to embed the Command Prompt application.

A command line switch or sub-command adds one additional instruction, telling your computer exactly how you want the program to open. A switch follows the primary command and a space, beginning ...

Press 0 to exit that program and get to the old-fashioned DOS prompt. From there you can run any DOS command or launch any DOS program you choose.

In past versions of the Windows, the Command Prompt would typically not allow you to run any of your Windows programs that require a graphical user interface.

This is where the Windows 8 Elevated Command Prompt comes in handy. When you use an elevated command prompt, any command you type in and execute will run with administrative privileges.

You can be more efficient while in Command Prompt using the command history feature, and in this guide, we'll show you how to use it.

The "open" program is specific to OS X and lets you basically drag and drop a file with the -a command onto an application. This way it overrides the per-user OBJ open-with settings.