Use Keystrokes To Open An Elevated Command Prompt In Vista

Posted by Diana Huggins on Aug 22, 2007 | 5 Comments

For anyone who has tried to open an elevated command prompt in Vista, you are aware of the numerous clicks you have to go through to get there. What you may not know is that there is an easier way of accomplishing this. Vista has a secret keystroke that you can use to open an elevated command prompt.

To use Vista’s keystrokes to open an elevated command prompt:

Open the Start Menu, type the name of the application you want to run.
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER instead of just ENTER.
Press Alt + C to confirm the elevation prompt.

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Matt

However this does NOT work from the run prompt. Just the Windows key…
brhycs

hey i want to know how to open up command prompt with administrator access instantly after windows starts up before it loads or anything because i have set a bios windows start up password on my pc and have forgotten the password lol i know u can pass it by using command prompt at start up but i dont know how to open command prompt and i dont know the command to enter windows, any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

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