Start Windows Explorer with admin privileges in a non-admin account

Sometimes, administrators become frustrated when they have to troubleshoot a regular user account because they do not have any admin privileges. Here is a great way start a Windows Explorer session using the 'run as' command.

1. Find the cmd.exe in C:WindowsSystem32 folder.
2. Right-click and use 'run as...' option to run it in an account that has admin privileges.
3. In the command line, change folder to the C:Program filesWindows Explorer folder.
4. Type 'explorer.exe' and hit ENTER.
5. Type in the address box 'C:' as the URL.
6. You'll get a Windows Explorer session using the admin account that you use in the 'runas' command.

Anything you start from here will have that admin power, including changing file permissions.

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