Top "Administrator" questions

An administrator account is a user account on an operating system which allow make changes that can affect other users (including, but not limited to, the creation and restriction of user accounts), change operating system options (including security settings), install software and drivers, access all files.

How to run PowerShell with admin privileges from current folder?

How can I run PowerShell from Context menu (holding the shift key) in current folder with admin privileges? Is there …

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Running Program as Administrator at Startup

I have a kiosk app and want to run it at startup. The problem here is that when I put …

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Using python to open cmd and automatically enter a password

I've managed to get the cmd being opened by python. However, using runas administrator comes with a password check before …

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Run Visual Studio as a domain user and administrator under Windows 8.1

I've just upgraded to Windows 8.1. I have a home machine I use for work, I typically run Visual Studio 2012 as …

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Administrator's shortcut to batch file with double quoted parameters

Take an excruciatingly simple batch file: echo hi pause Save that as test.bat. Now, make a shortcut to test.…

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asp.net run program with Administrator account

I need to run one console application from ASP.NET application using Administrator account and with Desktop interaction enabled. I …

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Self Elevating Script + Execution Policy

I'm trying to use the following code from th question "PowerShell: Running a command as Administrator" to not only self …

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