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How can I always run the command prompt as administrator?

As a developer, I often have the need to open a command prompt for various purposes. For example, I use iisreset to restart my local web server. I typically open the command window in one of two ways:...
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Change Windows 7 file permissions from command prompt

How can I change Windows 7 file permissions using the command prompt? I want to change permissions in program files, but cacls is not working for me.
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Restoring 'TrustedInstaller' as owner for executable in Windows folder

After changing the ownership of executables in the Windows directory (explorer.exe, regedit.exe, etc.), I can't seem to change it back to TrustedInstaller using icacls.exe. Using the GUI method (...
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How to display/change the owner of a file on Windows 7

Is there a way to display the owner of folders and files from the command line in Windoews 7 command prompt? Can you change the owner of a folder or file to some "arbitrary" user which is not your ...
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5 votes
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giving permission to program to run with out confirmation in start command windows

I am using this start /b C:\wamp\wampmanager.exe command to start a program in my windows( Windows 7 Ultimate - 64 bit). But then the program want a permission to run Do you want to allow the ...
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How to call a program to be run with admin privileges but under the same user (Windows Command Prompt)

I need to invoke a program with admin privileges from command prompt. it should prompt to the user an alert such as: I found many answers like: runas.exe /user:administrator %~dp0\MY_PROGRAM.BAT ...
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