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Add "open elevated prompt" shift+right-click contextmenu of folders
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elevated-prompt.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Open elevated command window here"
"Extended"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
"HasLUAShield"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\runas]
@="Open elevated command window here"
"Extended"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
"HasLUAShield"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd]
"HideBasedOnVelocityId"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
"HideBasedOnVelocityId"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Powershell]
"ShowBasedOnVelocityId"=-
"HideBasedOnVelocityId"=dword:639bc8
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Powershell]
"ShowBasedOnVelocityId"=-
"HideBasedOnVelocityId"=dword:639bc8
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ZoolWay commented Aug 25, 2016

Credits: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/75069-open-elevated-command-window-here.html#post657181

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ZoolWay commented Sep 2, 2018

Added more entries to remove migration from cmd to powershell with creator update. But those lines (see VelocityId) only work when you make yourself owner and set permissions on the 4 paths in the registry :-(

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