How Do I Run Notepad as Administrator from Command Prompt?
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Put your cursor in the Cortana search box and type in Notepad. When Notepad appears in the search results, right-click on it and select Run as administrator.

How do I run notepad from command prompt?

Using a Script CMD to Open Notepad

  1. Type CMD in the Windows Start menu and press Enter to open CMD.exe.
  2. Change the directory from your current username folder to the base directory by typing “cd” and pressing Enter. …
  3. Type the following line and press Enter: start “c:windowssystem32” notepad.exe.

How do I run a text file as administrator?

Right click on Notepad > then click on ‘open file location’. Then right click the Notepad shortcut icon > in ‘shortcut’ tab click on the ‘Advanced’ button > tick ‘run as administrator’.

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