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.

Press "Alt-F2" to open a command line prompt within Unity. Type the command for Evince with your PDF file's name, file extension and its full path relative to the Home directory.

There are several ways you can bring up or open CMD or launch Command Prompt in Windows, via Win+X Menu, Task Manager, Cortana, Explorer, etc.

To open Windows 11 Command Prompt with Administrator privileges, you need to open the Command Prompt in a certain way. First, click the Start Menu and type cmd into the search field.

Open the folder containing the batch file, right-click on the batch file > Show more options. Click Edit on top of the context menu in order to open the batch file in your default text editor.

Here's how to open a Windows 11 Administrator Command Prompt. By default Windows hides certain files from being seen with Windows Explorer or My Computer.

Do you have a batch file that must run as admin? Use this trick to save some extra steps on Windows 11.