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Load explorer from powershell with low privileges
I have a Powershell manteinance script that works this way:
kill explorer
do things
restart explorer
This script executes in elevated mode, but I would need to restart explorer without admin ...
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Powershell has started running as administrator
Something unusually has happened recently on my machine: every time I start powershell, it starts with Admin privileges by default. It used to be that it would start just as my user unless I ...
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How to run script as administrator?
I'm looking to do what's asked in this question: how to run a powershell script as administrator
The accepted answer says to use a shortcut. I'd like to do that, but when I get into Advanced ...
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Powershell Access to the path denied
I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but I can't figure out why I can't run this simple command in powershell:
PS> new-item -path c:\users\me\desktop\testfolder -name (get-date).txt ...
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How do I make PowerShell run as administrator start in my home directory?
Whenever I run PowerShell as administrator, it starts in C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0. How do I make it start in my user's home directory instead? My $HOME has the expected value, i.e., ...
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Can't start PowerShell as administrator
I have Windows 7, and I want to run PowerShell as an administrator. I found it in the Start Menu, right clicked it and selected Run as administrator, but I get the following:
Windows Explorer has ...
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How can I run commands in PowerShell with Administrator permissions?
I would like to run commands in PowerShell with Administrator permissions? How can I do that?
I have tried to start PowerShell with the runas command, but PowerShell is closed immediately after I ...
