You can run a
program as an administrator by right-clicking any shortcut for the
program (in the Start menu or elsewhere), choosing Run As Administrator,
and satisfying the UAC prompt with either consent or credentials. Here
are two additional ways to do it:
Start a Command
Prompt session as Administrator (by right-clicking a shortcut for
Cmd.exe and choosing Run As Administrator). Then, in the Command Prompt
window, type the name of the executable file for whatever program you
want to run as administrator. To run Registry Editor, for example, type regedit.
Because you've already passed UAC inspection for the Command Prompt
session, and because whatever you run from Command Prompt is a child
process of Command Prompt, you don't have to deal with any further UAC
prompts. This method is excellent for situations where you need to run a
sequence of programs as an administrator. Keep one administrative-level Command Prompt window open, and run your programs from the command line.
Type the name of the program you want to run in the Start menu search box. Then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
To run a program under a different user account, you can use the Runas command. Runas no longer appears on the shortcut menus for programs, as it did in Windows XP. But you can still use it from the Command Prompt window or a shortcut. The syntax is
runas /user:username programname
After you issue the
command or activate the shortcut, you'll be prompted to enter the
password for the specified user account. For security reasons, you
cannot save the password with the shortcut. Note that the Runas command does not work with Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins.
