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Adds 'Open in Terminal as administrator' to the extended (shift-right-click) context menu of a directory (background) in Windows Explorer.

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WindowsTerminalAdmin

Adds Open in Terminal as administrator to the extended (shift-right-click) context menu of a directory (background) in Windows Explorer.

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Background

As the time of writing, Windows lacks a context menu entry to open Windows Terminal as an administrator in a directory. Two issues (#11024, #9903) of the GitHub repository microsoft/terminal are covering that.

Installation

Obtain a local copy of this repository either by cloning or by downloading it as a ZIP file.

Run src/install.ps1 as administrator:

PS > cd .\src\
PS > .\install.ps1

Usage

  1. Shift-right-click on a directory or on a directory background in Windows Explorer.
  2. Click Open in Terminal as administrator.

Uninstallation

Run src/uninstall.ps1 as administrator:

PS > cd .\src\
PS > .\uninstall.ps1

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