Learn how to open or run File Explorer with elevated privileges or in administrator mode in Windows 11/10, using CMD, Tskill, and Run.

Restart File Explorer normally and try again. Now I hadn’t intentionally run File Explorer as an administrator, so why did this happen – and what could I do?

How to Run Internet Explorer in Admin Mode. Although you can't run Windows 8-style apps as an administrator, you can launch the full Internet Explorer 11 program in Administrator mode.

Press Win + R to open the Run command dialog box. Type explorer and hit Enter to open a File Explorer window.