PhpStorm - run terminal (cmd) as administrator

Ignas Damunskis picture Ignas Damunskis · Jan 4, 2017 · Viewed 9.1k times · Source

On Windows it's easy to run cmd application as administrator:

Right click on cmd icon >> run as administrator`

But I would like to use PhpStorm terminal tool as administrator since I constantly have to execute queries that require administrator role.

When I open:

File >> Settings >> Tools >> Terminal

I can see that it is directly connected to cmd.exe and there are options to be filled:

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And I see no checkbox with choice to run it as administrator.

QUESTIONS

  1. Is it even possible?
  2. If yes how do I do it?
  3. Using settings or other way?

Answer

LazyOne picture LazyOne · Jan 4, 2017

There are no options in IDE for that at the moment (to run cmd.exe with higher rights).

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-121335 -- watch this ticket (star/vote/comment) to get notified on any progress.


Your only option for now (that I'm aware of) is running IDE itself as administrator -- Process Hacker confirms that both IDE and cmd.exe will be run with elevated rights.


P.S. For one time execution (or if you need to run IDE as normal user) -- have a look at this question and offered solutions: How to open an elevated cmd using command line for Windows?