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I want to use powershell more but I am too trained to <Win+R> cmd <enter>

To do the same with powershell I need to type "powershell" within run, many more keystrokes. I would love to just type "ps" or something short to do this. (natively not via an alias for when im using other peoples computers)

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The inability to launch an elevated process with an easy key shortcut in the "Run" <Win>+<R> dialog has been breaking me of that muscle memory over last few years. The <CTRL>+<SHIFT>+<ENTER> sequence to elevate a new process works from the "Search" text-box in the Start Menu, but not the "Run" dialog.

You just made my life so much better. Right click->Run as Administrator was pretty cumbersome.

That <CTRL>+<SHIFT> works on left-clicks on taskbar icons and double-clicks on other icons, too.

It also works with middle-clicks on taskbar icons to launch a new instance as admin.

You might be interested to learn that for shortcuts, Rightclick->Properties->Shortcut Tab->Advanced has an option to "Run as administrator".

Yeah, I knew that but usually, I'm fine unelevated.

You can try this little utility: http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/

It's very handy.

That's pretty cool. I've been using "su" [1] myself which is different, I think. From the website:

    "it will attempt to restart cmd.exe with administrator privileges, in the current directory, much like if you had started cmd.exe with rightclick "Run as Administrator"

1: http://p-nand-q.com/download/supershell.html

haven't used that "su", but elevate will use the built in mechanism for privilege elevation, if you make UAC prompts silent it will simply work without bothering you.

I have pinned PowerShell to the task bar, so on machines I use with my users it's always Win+Shift+4 to get a new instance. Win+X,i is another way (provided you enabled the option for PowerShell to replace cmd on that menu, which the article mentions as becoming the default eventually).

Win+X,I (cmd or PowerShell, configurable, and the default that is about to swap hence all the articles lately) and Win+X,A (the same shell, but this time Admin).

Set up an alias for ps via .bat which then closes the cmd window - <Win+R> cmd <Enter> ps

Sorry didn't read to the end of your comment :)

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