{"id":5410,"date":"2017-09-15T11:52:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T06:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2019-07-11T18:04:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T18:04:45","slug":"run-command-elevated-administrator-ctrl-shift-enter-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-command-elevated-administrator-ctrl-shift-enter-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Programs Elevated (as Administrator) from Run Dialog in Windows 10 [Ctrl + Shift]"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to edit your HOSTS file or any file that requires admin privileges to edit, you need to open Notepad or your preferred text editor<\/a> as administrator.\u00a0To start a program elevated<\/a>, you usually right-click on the shortcut and click Run as Administrator from the context menu. Alternately, you can search for that program from Start menu, select the item, press Ctrl<\/kbd> + Shift<\/kbd> and press ENTER.<\/p>\n

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Task Manager has an option which allows you to start a program as administrator via the File menu. The option Create this task with administrative privileges<\/strong> lets you run programs elevated. Such an option is missing for the Run dialog in Windows.<\/p>\n

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All these years, the Run dialog didn’t have the capability to launch programs as administrator, and you had to use tools like NirCmd<\/a> to do it. This feature has been requested by many users since Windows Vista.<\/p>\n

At last<\/strong>, Microsoft added the feature in Windows 10 build 16362 and higher, where you can use the Ctrl<\/kbd> + Shift<\/kbd> + Enter <\/kbd>shortcut in the Run dialog (Winkey<\/kbd>\u00a0+ R<\/kbd>) to start a program as administrator.<\/p>\n

Start Programs Elevated via Run Dialog using Ctrl & Shift keys<\/h2>\n

To start apps as elevated from the Run dialog:<\/p>\n