New-AdminTerminal.ps1

19 Sep 2025

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Description

New-AdminTerminal launches Windows Terminal elevated as an administrator, targeting the PowerShell profile (-p pwsh). If the user is already running an elevated window, Windows prompts accordingly. Because the function simply wraps Start-Process with -Verb runas, it inherits the standard UAC prompt behaviour.

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New-AdminTerminal

Run this from a non-elevated console to quickly open an admin terminal without navigating the Start menu.

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Script

function New-AdminTerminal {
    <#
        .Synopsis
        Starts an Elevated Microsoft Terminal.

        .Description
        Opens a new Microsoft Terminal Elevated as Administrator. If the user is already running an elevated
        Microsoft Terminal, a message is displayed in the console session.

        .Example
        New-AdminShell

        #>

        Start-Process "wt.exe" -ArgumentList "-p pwsh" -Verb runas -PassThru
}

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