Create and Put an Elevated Command Prompt on Windows Vista Desktop or Start Menu

Advanced users of Windows Vista always need to access shell command prompt with full administrator rights and credentials to perform administrative tasks such as Vista activation, rearm or reset Vista trial period, changing product key and using “net use” command much faster than accessing the commands through menus and tabbed dialog boxes. User Access Control adds another annoying hassle in Windows Vista, as it will prompt for confirmation everytime you want to personalize or customize your computer. If you don’t want to turn off UAC, you can easily create a shortcut to elevated command prompt running with administrator credentials by default which can be accessed directly once click.

  1. Right-click on Windows Vista desktop.
  2. On the right click context menu, choose New, and then select Shortcut.
  3. When the Create Shortcut dialog box appears. type in CMD into the text box, and then click Next.
  4. Type a name for the shortcut (typically Command Prompt or Command Processor) on the next screen, and then press Finish.
  5. Right-click on the new shortcut created.
  6. On the right click pop-up contextual menu, select Properties.
  7. Click on the Shortcut tab.
  8. Click on the Advanced button to open Advanced Properties dialog box.
  9. Tick or check (select) the Run as administrator option so that the command prompt will be launched with administrator privileges by default, and then click OK.
  10. Click OK again to finish.

Run as Administrator by Default

Alternatively, you can pin a Cmd.exe command to Start Menu and configured it to run as administrator:

  1. Click on Start button.
  2. Type cmd into the Search box.
  3. You will see search result with a list consisting of just one entry, that is the shortcut to the Windows Command Processor, cmd.
  4. Right-click the cmd shortcut in the search listing.
  5. On the pop-up context menu, choose Pin to Start Menu.
  6. Click on Start button again.
  7. Right-click the Command Prompt shortcut just added to the Start menu and choose Properties.
  8. Click the Advanced button to open Advanced Properties dialog box.
  9. Click (tick) to select the Run as administrator checkbox so that elevated command prompt is run as administrator by default, and then click OK.
  10. Click OK to save the changes.

This guide has been reposted to Tip and Trick.

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