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claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:24:03 +00:00
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Originally created by @tanuj-05 on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021).

Open here as administrator option in context menu

When a user right clicks inside a folder, presently only "Open in Windows Terminal" is shown. But it will be better if a "open in Windows Terminal as Administrator" option is available also , how it is implemented for Powershell 7.

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claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:24:05 +00:00
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@unnati914 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021):

could i work on this?

@unnati914 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021): could i work on this?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:24:05 +00:00
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@tanuj-05 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021):

could i work on this?

yes sure

@tanuj-05 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021): > could i work on this? yes sure
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:24:06 +00:00
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@unnati914 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021):

hey.. what i was thinking was to add a m- in front of the file name that you want to run as admin .. Is my approach correct?

@unnati914 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021): hey.. what i was thinking was to add a m- in front of the file name that you want to run as admin .. Is my approach correct?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:24:06 +00:00
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@unnati914 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Open in Windows Terminal as administrator"
"Extended"=""
"SubCommands"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\001flyout]
"MUIVerb"="Default Profile"
"HasLUAShield"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\001flyout\command]
@="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden "Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-d','"""%V"""')""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\002flyout]
"MUIVerb"="Command Prompt"
"Icon"="imageres.dll,-5324"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\002flyout\command]
@="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden "Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-p','"""Command Prompt"""','-d','"""%V"""')""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\003flyout]
"MUIVerb"="PowerShell"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"Icon"="powershell.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\003flyout\command]
@="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden "Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-p','"""Windows PowerShell"""','-d','"""%1"""')""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Open in Windows Terminal as administrator"
"Extended"=""
"SubCommands"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\001flyout]
"MUIVerb"="Default Profile"
"HasLUAShield"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\001flyout\command]
@="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden "Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-d','"""%V"""')""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\002flyout]
"MUIVerb"="Command Prompt"
"Icon"="imageres.dll,-5324"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\002flyout\command]
@="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden "Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-p','"""Command Prompt"""','-d','"""%V"""')""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\003flyout]
"MUIVerb"="PowerShell"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"Icon"="powershell.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\003flyout\command]
@="powershell.exe -WindowStyle
Or something like this?

@unnati914 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021): [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin] "HasLUAShield"="" "MUIVerb"="Open in Windows Terminal as administrator" "Extended"="" "SubCommands"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\001flyout] "MUIVerb"="Default Profile" "HasLUAShield"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\001flyout\command] @="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden \"Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-d','\"\"\"%V\"\"\"')\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\002flyout] "MUIVerb"="Command Prompt" "Icon"="imageres.dll,-5324" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\002flyout\command] @="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden \"Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-p','\"\"\"Command Prompt\"\"\"','-d','\"\"\"%V\"\"\"')\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\003flyout] "MUIVerb"="PowerShell" "HasLUAShield"="" "Icon"="powershell.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\003flyout\command] @="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden \"Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-p','\"\"\"Windows PowerShell\"\"\"','-d','\"\"\"%1\"\"\"')\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin] "HasLUAShield"="" "MUIVerb"="Open in Windows Terminal as administrator" "Extended"="" "SubCommands"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\001flyout] "MUIVerb"="Default Profile" "HasLUAShield"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\001flyout\command] @="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden \"Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-d','\"\"\"%V\"\"\"')\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\002flyout] "MUIVerb"="Command Prompt" "Icon"="imageres.dll,-5324" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\002flyout\command] @="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden \"Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-p','\"\"\"Command Prompt\"\"\"','-d','\"\"\"%V\"\"\"')\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\003flyout] "MUIVerb"="PowerShell" "HasLUAShield"="" "Icon"="powershell.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin\shell\003flyout\command] @="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Or something like this?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:24:06 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021):

Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #9903 for more discussion.

/dup #9903

More importantly, we'd like to also do #6111 first, so that people can configure how they want the context menu set up.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021): Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #9903 for more discussion. /dup #9903 More importantly, we'd like to also do #6111 first, so that people can configure how they want the context menu set up.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:24:06 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2021): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:24:06 +00:00
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@akopetsch commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2025):

I've created a workaround that adds an 'Open in Terminal as administrator' option to the extended context menu in Windows Explorer. You can find it here: akopetsch/WindowsTerminalAdmin.

@akopetsch commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2025): I've created a workaround that adds an 'Open in Terminal as administrator' option to the extended context menu in Windows Explorer. You can find it here: [akopetsch/WindowsTerminalAdmin](https://github.com/akopetsch/WindowsTerminalAdmin).
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