Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell are also simple and built-in options covered in this post for this purpose. We have already seen how to open a file or folder using Command Prompt or PowerShell.

The Command Prompt and PowerShell let you open Files or Folders. Learn how to open them using the command line in Windows 11/10.

Configure batch file to run as admin To run a batch file always as an administrator on Windows 11, use these steps: Open File Explorer. Click the New menu and select the Shortcut option.

The "open" program is specific to OS X and lets you basically drag and drop a file with the -a command onto an application. This way it overrides the per-user OBJ open-with settings.

Instead of firing up the command prompt and manually navigating the depths of your filesystem, just Shift-Right-click the folder, click Open Command Window Here, and voilà—you're there.