Add Run as Administrator Option for Profile #9783

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opened 2026-01-31 02:03:42 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @Agent24015 on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020).

Hi,

Can you please add an option to run as administrator when right clicking the profile from the drop-down menu

Originally created by @Agent24015 on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020). Hi, Can you please add an option to run as administrator when right clicking the profile from the drop-down menu
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 02:03:42 +00:00
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@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020):

This is a dupe and is something they'll try to resolve for 2.0. You could work around this by using the runas option on the commandline. Add "commandline" : "runas .... someshell.exe" to the profile you want (or even create a custom one). Please note the potential security implications of this.

@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020): This is a dupe and is something they'll try to resolve for 2.0. You could work around this by using the runas option on the commandline. Add `"commandline" : "runas .... someshell.exe"` to the profile you want (or even create a custom one). Please note the potential security implications of this.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to search for duplicates when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #632 and #1032 for more discussion.

/dup #632, #1032, #5000

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to [search for duplicates](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aissue+%22Run+as+Administrator%22+is%3Aclosed) when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #632 and #1032 for more discussion. /dup #632, #1032, #5000
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020):

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 (Jul 23, 2020): 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!
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Reference: starred/terminal#9783