Windows 10: How can I show that I am running Windows Terminal in Administrator mode using commands?

How can I show that I am running Windows Terminal in Administrator mode using commands?

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Failure to run Windows terminal as Administrator

Hello and Merry Christmas!

I have standard user account on my system that I use for work, onto which I installed Windows terminal.
Issue is I need to start terminal as Administrator, and when I do it I get following:





It starts fine to start it as normal (standard user).
To attempt to resolve this problem I logged into my Administrator account and installed Windows terminal there, and it works to start it in Administrator account.

Then I tried again to start it in standard user account but I got the same error message box.
Do you have any suggestions or solutions on how to solve this problem?

Btw. here is how I start the terminal:
I pinned it to start menu and then right click -> more -> run as Administrator:

 

GPU-Z what command line parameter ?

Suggestion: /? (-?) and /help (-help) command-line arguments to show a list of all possible arguments in a small window. *Smile

 

Failure to run Windows terminal as Administrator

It would make a lot of sense because using elevated account (and inherently everything in it) for everyday life vs just having elevated console (or any other program) is a huge difference to keep system protected while not limiting the functionality that is needed at the moment.

You know we can normally run CMD and PowerShell as Administrator right?

Windows terminal is a tool that combines multiple consoles within same process container, additional consoles can be opened simply by using a drop down menu in the terminal, this means if it could be started as Administrator, then opening additional consoles (within terminal) would not bring up UAC, because elevation has already been granted to terminal process, (it works so in elevated account just fine)

Another benefit is that we can have multiple working consoles with it's own history and simply switch between them.
This all works well and is productive, but there is no way to run it as administrator like it's possible to do it with command prompt or powershell on it's own.

Why do I need to run it as Admin?
Because I run commands that require elevation a lot of times and because I don't log into Administrator account for security reasons, to keep system clean as long as possible and to reduce attack surface of my system only to privilege escalation methods and to be able to 100% cleanup my system by simply deleting standard user account and creating a new one every now and then.

I can't simply have Administrator account even if just used for work and nothing else because my work includes browsing the web, which is no.1 reason why windows account must be restricted.

I have 3 options:
1. To forget about windows terminal and run desktop version of the powershell as Administrator
2. To convert my account to Administrator and reduce security
3. To use virtual machine and run Windows terminal there in an elevated windows account

Obviously It's much safer to throw away windows terminal and do things old fashioned way in host system, but virtual machine seems like a good alternative but not a real solution.

I now understand that design behind store apps includes the protection of users as to not "accidently hurt them self" but in this case it's not about protecting myself from running dangerous commands nor am I afraid of malware being injected into elevated windows terminal, but rather protecting everything else while being able to do the job.

I use standard account for safety reasons but also need to run elevated prompt a lot, it's a very contradictory situation only because there is no desktop version of the windows terminal. *cry