How to Open an Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 11, 10, or 8 If you're using a keyboard with Windows 11, 10, or 8, you can quickly open an elevated Command Prompt from the Power User Menu.

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.

To terminate a specific app or process, open Command Prompt and type taskkill /IM processname.exe /F. Replace “processname” with the actual name of the process.

On Windows 11, you can manage services through the Services app, Task Manager, Command Prompt, and PowerShell, and in this guide, I will show you how.

Method 2: Open Elevated Command Prompt via Power User Menu Opening an elevated command prompt using Power User menu is applicable to Windows 8 or Windows 10 only and not available on older versions.

How do you normally open an elevated command prompt window? In Windows 10/8/7 you right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

This tutorial will explain how to open an Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 10. You can use this Command Prompt to type commands that will be executed with Administrative privileges.

Note: When you open a Command Prompt your working directory is your UserProfile folder. When you open an Elevated Command Prompt, your working directory with be C:\Windows\System32 instead.