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Fastest way of opening command prompt in elevated mode

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I have to keep switching from a static IP to a dynamic IP every day and back. Dynamic IP at work and Static IP for my broadband at home. So being a developer the first thing I thought was to automate it. Home.bat for home IP Setting and office.bat for work IP settings.

Now to do this I would require elevated permissions on the command prompt (Thanks to super secure Windows Vista). And being lazy, I don't want to do the right click on the shortcut to command prompt and then click on "Run as administrator". And then click on Continue when prompted. Because that would call for me moving my hand away from the keyboard and go to the mouse pad on my laptop which is like an inch away from the keyboard... Or worse go all the way to the mouse which is a whole foot or so away from the keyboard... dang... that's a lot of hard work, having to go for the mouse and back to the keyboard twice a day... nyah i ain't doing that...

So I read and research and find out the fastest way of starting the command prompt in the elevated mode without leaving the keyboard. Create a shortcut on the quick launch bar. Right Click the shortcut go to properties and check the checkbox that says "Run as Administrator". Now to fire up the Command prompt all you have to do is Windows + (num) replace the Num with the num on which your shortcut is on the quick launch bar. so it if it 3rd from the left you do a Windows + 3. But wait... there is the prompt... so you can either click Alt + C to press Continue or go for Left Arrow Key and Enter. Personally I find both equally ergonomic because one takes a little extra effort, but you only have to move one hand and the other takes little lesser effort on both hands.

Ah...! I feel so relieved...!!

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  • Anonymous
    December 04, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    December 04, 2007
    So an even faster way of doing that would be to add a shortcut (with elevated privilege) to the quicklaunch once. And then use the fllowing key combinations to open the prompt: WINKEY + (num) and then ALT+C The "num" here is the position at which the command prompt shortcut is at on the quicklaunch menu. So you can open the command prompt in 2 steps now!!! :)

  • Anonymous
    December 05, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    December 05, 2007
    Ok... That's a neat trick... Elaborating a bit: Right click on the shortcut, go to properties, click on Advanced and check the checkbox that says "Run as Administrator". So after that you just have to go Windows + 3 or whatever is the placing of your short cut in your quicklaunch, and the Prompt shoots up asking you to continue... Alt + C and done...