Run cmd.exe in Administrator mode without explorer.exe

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I've recently had trouble with explorer.exe not working. I found a possible solution here, using sfc.exe. The problem is that I cannot "right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator", since explorer.exe does not work for even a second without crashing. I tried to use the runas command to open cmd as administrator, but I get an error 1327 because I have a blank password.

My question is, is there any other way to run cmd.exe with admin privileges? If not, is there any way to run sfc.exe without admin privileges? If not, does anyone have solution to my original problem of explorer.exe stopping and restarting ad nauseam?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 25 '13 at 22:34

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I found a simple solution that I can't believe I overlooked. Just open Task Manager, click "Show processes from all users", then click Continue to get Task Manager with Administrative Privileges. From there, go to File > New Task > cmd > OK, which will now open with admin privileges. From there I was able to get sfc to work just fine.

edited Jun 25 '13 at 22:34

Canadian Luke

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answered Jun 25 '13 at 22:30

user1494396

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 22:00

Is there any other way to run cmd.exe with admin privileges?

Yes, restart your computer in safe mode and log in as the "administrator" user, he normally only shows up when you are logging in to safe mode.

If not, is there any way to run sfc.exe without admin privileges?

SFC requires administrator privileges, however you can remove the drive and run sfc.exe on another computer that you can run software as administrator, you will need to use the arguments /OFFBOOTDIR and /OFFWINDIR to point at the drive letter of the attached drive.

sfc /scannow /OFFBOOTDIR=d:\ /OFFWINDIR=d:\windows

That is what you would type on the other computer if the new attached drive showed up as the D: drive.

If not, does anyone have solution to my original problem of explorer.exe stopping and restarting ad nauseam?

Your last option is use the System Recover Options menu and try rolling back to a restore point. (it's not SFC but it may fix the problem)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 16 '22 at 15:01

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In my case I couldn't use Task Manager.

So if you have permissions, you can try opening msconfig.exe, in tools tab find Command Prompt and click run. This will bypass the UAC prompt and run cmd in privileged mode.

answered Dec 16 '22 at 15:01

joojn

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 22:21

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try a new profile? it could be one user account is trashed?

answered Jun 25 '13 at 22:21

MDT Guy

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 06 '20 at 08:39

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cmd.exe is in windows\system32. if you go there you can always press the right click button to open it as admin

task manager - new task - search - go to \windows\system32\ and find cmd.exe - press right mouse button - run as admin

:D

answered Apr 06 '20 at 08:39

Pedro Tinoco

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