How to open an elevated cmd using command line for Windows?

Question

How do I open a elevated command prompt using command lines on a normal cmd?

For example, I use runas /username:admin cmd but the cmd that was opened do

Answer 1

My favorite way of doing this is using PsExec.exe from SysInternals, available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553

.\psexec.exe -accepteula -h -u "$username" -p "$password" cmd.exe

The "-h" switch is the one doing the magic:

-h If the target system is Vista or higher, has the process run with the account's elevated token, if available.