Windows 10: CMD and PowerShell exiting/crashing when ran in admin mode on Windows 11

The title is pretty much expains it all. I have been trying to do some things on my computer that require these terminals to be ran in admin mode, but am unable to because the terminal exits mid-process. I saw a recommendation was to run 'sfc /scannow', but the catch was that the terminal had to be admin mode. This meant the process would reach 2~3% and then exit. I ran the CMD normally and noticed that, after leaving it open for a period, it exitted with code 4294967295. What are the further suggested fixes?

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powershell v admin cmd prompt

As has been said above, 'Elevated' just means that it has been 'run as administrator' and has the permissions that go with that.


If you want to switch a Powershell window to being a Command prompt, just type CMD and hit the Enter key. When you want to switch back type EXIT. It works the other way too, you can equally well type Powershell in a Command Prompt window to switch it to Powershell.

 

Cannot open cmd prompt in admin mode

I am using win 10 pro. My initial problem is I cannot display list of wifi networks. I cannot open cmd prompt in admin mode. I've used all the trouble shooting steps on this site and nothing works. Short of throwing this PC out the window is there anything
else I can try?

 

Using PowerShell via MMC to execute admin level CMD commands

I'm new to PowerShell. I want to do something like this on shutdown before turning off the computer. I plan to have Windows MMC/Local Group Policy Editor do it with a PowerShell script.

Basically, after triggering the shutdown or reboot event it should:

1. Open CMD as admin (and automatically select Yes at UAC?).
   
2. Execute SOME COMMAND (there will be many).
   
3. Close CMD and then allow Windows 10 to shutdown/reboot.
   

Now, I know how to get MMC to add a PowerShell script to execute before the shutdown command is completed. I just need to know the syntax on how to do the above three steps.

To be clear though:

My main point is to be able to open CMD as admin, type in a command and then exit CMD. PowerShell does not normally execute a few particular commands as admin correctly, but CMD does. In that way, PowerShell itself does not need admin privileges, just the temporary run CMD.

I dont' mind clicking YES on a UAC, when needed, because I figure if it comes down to it, I can probably just used sendkeys {TAB}{TAB}{ENTER} or something. What I can't seem to find on the interwebs is how to start a PowerShell script so that one can save it. I'm seeing a lot on sendkeys in syntax though. In bash in Linux, it's simple: #!/bin/bash and presto insta-bash, but Windows seems bass-ackwards in this regard.

If there is a better way to do this than, CMD > Echo "stuff" > exit CMD, please let me know. I know what stuff I want to type in each Echo "stuff" (or rather, sendkeys, if I end up using that), I just don't know how to open CMD as admin.

Thanks.