---
title: "Run Windows Terminal As Administrator From Commandline"
date: 2020-06-11T09:25:17.000Z
author: Z.SHINCHVEN
tags: [Windows Terminal, Windows Administrator]
canonical: https://atlassc.net/2020/06/11/run-windows-terminal-as-administrator-from-commandline
---
## Run Windows Terminal as Administrator by Using Hotkey

In the old method I tried to geek it out by run Windows Terminal as Administrator from command line, but I've found another way to fire it up more easily.

- Pin Windows Terminal to your task bar, say at 1st place.
- Press `ctrl`+`shift`+`win`+`1`.

The hotkey combination `ctrl`+`shift` is to run something as Administrator, and `win`+`1` is to run app pined to the first place of task bar.

## Run Windows Terminal as Administrator from Command Line (The Old Method)

[Windows Terminal](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal) is a decent shell container for developers on Windows, but there is no manuscript tells how you can run it as administrator except for right-click on its icon select `Run as administrator` if you just get installed.

We're terminal users, we love doing everything with keyboards and commandline which is way cooler and more efficient than mortal clicking.

Since it's a terminal, we can always find ways to play it with commandline:

- To start it from commandline just type in `wt` which stands for `Windows Terminal`, of course;
- To start it from PowerShell as any other program: `Start-Process -Verb RunAs wt`;
- To create a shortcut in `Windows Terminal`, write this to your configuration as a profile: `powershell.exe Start-Process -Verb RunAs wt`;