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.

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 ...

Select the Command Prompt entry and click Open. Occasionally, you must select the Run as administrator option to use higher-level system commands. The command prompt window opens and is ready to go.

With the Terminal, Windows has a common interface for Powershell, Command Prompt, and Azure Cloud Shell. This allows you to start the terminal directly with the command prompt.

Some programs provide the ability to add arguments when executing it in order to change a particular behavior or modify how the program operates. As an example lets look at the command line ...

How to Run Norton AntiVirus From the Command Prompt. Certain malware applications consume valuable resources that critical services and applications need to operate. Worms, for example, can cause ...

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.

Dear Lifehacker, I'm familiar with the Unix command line on Linux and OS X, but I've recently switched to Windows and the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) feels, well, kind of crappy. How can I make it a ...