Tag: command prompt

Launch ‘Configure advanced user profile properties’ from Command Prompt

If you’re a Windows sysadmin in an environment with locked down user rights, and you want to perform an administrative action without needing to log out a current user, you can find yourself in a tight spot. Luckily, if you Shift-RightClick Command Prompt, click Run As another user, and login as your admin user, you can launch administrative tools all without needing to log out.

One such tool is the User Profiles window under Advanced system settings. To launch it from Command Prompt, type:

rundll32.exe sysdm.cpl,EditUserProfiles

 

Windows Environment Variables from Command Prompt

If you’re supporting an end user on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10, and don’t want to completely log them out, you can use Run As on a Command Prompt as an administrator and then run the following:

rundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables

Now edit your variables and relaunch your application. This is very useful if you find yourself needing to correct the PATH, let’s say, for Java.