You can also use the Run Command box to open Command Prompt window as an administrator on your Windows 11/10 computer. For this, the steps are as follows: Use Win+R hotkey.

To open Command Prompt using the Run dialogue, press Win + R (opens Run dialogue), type ‘cmd’, and press Enter (or press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open Command Prompt as administrator).

Over time, the need to fire up the Command Prompt has waned—but a handful of its commands remain easier to use than Windows 10's graphical equivalents.

In addition to running Linux commands in a Windows 10 command prompt, you can use both native Windows programs and WSL Linux programs with each other. Even better, you can do so from a PowerShell ...