Windows 10: how to set Run as Administrator on cmd.exe?

I can set in the compatibility box of properties 'Run as administrator' checkbox for most programs, I cannot find the checkbox for cmd.exe?
How can I get an icon on my desktop which will always open cmd.exe as admin by default?

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how to set myself up as administrator

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Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forums. Your interest on Windows 10 is appreciated.

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To change the administrator account, first create a new account.
After creating a new account, change the administrator account. To change the account, please try this steps:
1. Press the Windows key or click on Windows icon.

2. Click on Settings.

3. Click on Account.

4. Now click on Family and other users.

5. Click on the user account you are willing to change.

6. There you will find an option to change the account type. Click on it and make it to administrator account.

To remove your account, follow this steps:
• Press the Windows key or click on Windows icon.

• Click on Settings.

• Click on Account.

• Now click on Family and other users.

• Click on the user account you are willing to remove.

• Click on Delete account and data for confirmation.
Note: Before deleting your account, please change the new user account type to administrator.


You may also refer to the reply posted by "Annu Singh" from this thread:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-security/administrator-account-windows-10/0e532fb0-3492-4a6d-b2ed-0cf1575b9615?page=1

Hope this information helps. Please feel free to contact us for further queries.

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how to set myself up as administrator

original title:administrator access

Hi, I need to run the troubleshoot app with Administrator privileges, I am not sure how to set myself up as administrator,

can anyone help ?

Regards.

 

Ok,, this worked for others:
Copy cmd.exe from windows\system32 to for example c:\cmd.exe

Then you can right click on cmd.exe and the compatibility mode tab is there, check run as admin, done., you'll have to change paths to get it to find, it.
I think it might be possible to change ownership of cmd.exe to yourself, then assign all privs to yourself, then do this in place.

 

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Ok, so the goal is to get cmd.exe in the windows\system32 to run as admin by default.

This is critical as many tools I use spawn cmd.exe to do their work in the c root and elsewhere

p.s. I'm a developer of 35 years....

So way to do it is, grab ownership of cmd.exe, rename it to cmdorig.exe
Then make a shortcut to cmdorig.exe on the desktop, give it Admin rights....
Now copy the shortcut INTO the windows\system32 folder and rename is cmd.exe

Now whenever anything runs cmd.exe (from windows\system32), it'll run the cmdorig.exe as admin.

Man they make it hard to make a living.