Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell are also simple and built-in options covered in this post for this purpose. We have already seen how to open a file or folder using Command Prompt or PowerShell.

To open Windows 11 Command Prompt with Administrator privileges, you need to open the Command Prompt in a certain way. First, click the Start Menu and type cmd into the search field.

Some MS-DOS Commands 1] Opening MS-DOS To open MS-DOS press Start then type Command or CMD and you will see Command Prompt come up in the search. Click the Command prompt icon to open it or go to ...

If you want to open an Elevated Command Prompt, which is one that runs with Administrator privileges, you can see the How to open a Windows 10 Elevated Command Prompt article instead.

Open the Start menu and type "cmd" into the "Search Programs and Files" box. Press "Enter" to open the Command Prompt window.

To find Command Prompt’s .exe file, open File Explorer and go to your System Folder > Windows > System32. Here, scroll down until you find the cmd application file.

The "open" program is specific to OS X and lets you basically drag and drop a file with the -a command onto an application. This way it overrides the per-user OBJ open-with settings.

To navigate the Windows file system with CMD, first, open the Command Prompt. For this, press the Windows + X keyboard shortcut and select Command Prompt from the menu.

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