How to run Linux programs in a Windows 10 command prompt Last week we explained how you could launch Windows 10 programs within a WSL Linux distribution.

But these aforementioned Java command-line tools -- namely, javac, javap, jstat, jdeps and jar -- are the five that serious software developers need to know.

On Windows 10, you have different ways to launch an app as an administrator to perform elevated tasks, and in this guide, I'll show you how.