Run as Administrator in Powershell

You can use Start-Process in Powershell to run an external program. And you can use runas to specify running as administrator. One example to run notepad as administrator in Powershell is:

Start-Process notepad -Verb runas

The detailed syntax for Start-Process

PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> help Start-Process

NAME
    Start-Process
    
SYNTAX
    Start-Process [-FilePath] <string> [[-ArgumentList] <string[]>] [-Credential <pscredential>] [-WorkingDirectory <string>] [-LoadUserProfile] [-NoNewWindow] 
    [-PassThru] [-RedirectStandardError <string>] [-RedirectStandardInput <string>] [-RedirectStandardOutput <string>] [-Wait] [-WindowStyle <ProcessWindowStyle> {Normal 
    | Hidden | Minimized | Maximized}] [-UseNewEnvironment]  [<CommonParameters>]
    
    Start-Process [-FilePath] <string> [[-ArgumentList] <string[]>] [-WorkingDirectory <string>] [-PassThru] [-Verb <string>] [-Wait] [-WindowStyle <ProcessWindowStyle> 
    {Normal | Hidden | Minimized | Maximized}]  [<CommonParameters>]    

The saps or start are two aliases. Start-Process is a general-purpose PowerShell command that supports a rich set of parameters. For example, you could start notepad and maximize the window at the start-up.

Start-Process notepad -WindowStyle Maximized

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Compared to VBScript, Powershell is much powerful, however, Powershell is not installed by default on the modern Windows version, so you have to manually install it at [Programs and Features – Turn Windows Features On and Off]

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