How to use RunAs Cmd to Launch Explorer, Windows 8

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johny why picture johny why · Mar 17, 2014 · Viewed 24.4k times · Source

any idea why this is not working? 

runas.exe /user:Administrator "cmd /c explorer"

it returns:

Windows cannot find the specified file. You may not have appropriate permissions.

the following works by itself:

cmd /c explorer

thx!

Answer

johny why picture johny why · Mar 17, 2014

Answer found here http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-run-explorer-as-administrator-on-windows-8-1-windows-8-and-windows-7/

"Microsoft does not allow running Explorer as administrator in Windows 8.1/8 (and in Windows 7 too). The solution to run Explorer elevated...

1- take ownership of registry key below.

  • Right-click, Permissions, Advanced, Owner Change
  • or, Use Winaero's RegOwnershipEx application, which allows you to take ownership of registry keys

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID{CDCBCFCA-3CDC-436f-A4E2-0E02075250C2}

2- rename or delete the value named 'RunAs'.

3- now Restore Ownership (this failed for me done manually-- i could not re-add TrustedInstaller --user not found).

4- at this point, you will be able to run explorer as admin

5- this process does not cleanly exit when you close the Explorer window! You must remember to terminate it every time you elevate Explorer after you are done working in the Explorer window.

Alternate solution: use Winaero's ELE.exe app to start any program as administrator from the command line.

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