You have to invoke this utility that works in elevated mode

This error is well known among command prompt users who once tried to run a command from command prompt, but they just failed, since this annoying error message occurred immediately. There are some specific commands that are followed by this error message, so there are special solutions for them.

If you have encountered this error with any command on your Windows PC at the operating system prompt, try the following steps to correct the error “You must invoke this utility by running in elevated mode”.

Solution 1: run command prompt as administrator

Since the functionality of the command prompt differs greatly when run normally or with administrator privileges, it is obvious that certain commands will not be able to be executed through a command prompt with normal user privileges, as that means a guest user of your PC could make big changes to your PC, which is not recommended.

That explains that you need to run the CMD utility in elevated mode, namely, with administrator privileges. To do this, follow the steps below.

1. If you are a Windows user 10, you can easily locate the command prompt by simply clicking the start menu button or search button next to it and typing “cmd” O “symbol of the system”. Right click on the first result and choose Run as administrator option.

1. If you are running a version of Windows earlier than Windows 10, Start menu search may or may not work properly, but you can still navigate to C >> Windows >> System32, right-click on the "cmd.exe" entry and select Run as administrator.

2. Check if you can now perform and run the command you intended to run in the first place. See if the error still appears “You must invoke this utility by running in elevated mode”.

Note: If you can't see the Windows folder when opening your local hard drive, you may need to enable hidden files and folders view. Click on the tab “Watch” in the File Explorer menu and click the checkbox “Hidden elements” in the Show section / Hide. File Explorer will show hidden files and remember this option until you change it again.

Solution 2: run command with hidden admin account

If you are the only user on your PC and have administrator privileges, you may not be able to solve the problem without activating the hidden administrator account that is used to solve problems like this. It can also be activated from the login screen and can be easily deactivated when no longer needed.

1. Fortunately for you, you don't even need to log into an account to access the command line. On the login screen, click the power icon and hold the Shift key while clicking restart.

2. Instead, or when restarting, a blue screen will appear with various options. Choose Troubleshoot >> Advanced Options >> Symbol of the system.

3. Of course, you can open command prompt simply by using windows key combination + R and typing “cmd” before pressing OK.

1. Copy and paste the following command in the command prompt and click Enter. You should be able to see the message “The command completed successfully” soon.

 internet user manager / active:and

1. Login to this administrator account and wait a couple of minutes before everything is ready.

2. Now you can try to restart your computer, enter the new administrator account and run the problematic command at the command prompt. You should still use the instructions in the Solution 1 to run the command.

3. Once you are done with the hidden admin account, you can disable it again by opening an administrative command prompt and typing the following command:

internet user manager / active:no

Solution 3: set the UAC security level a little lower

If running as administrator just doesn't work, you can try lowering the security level related to User Account Control. These prompts usually appear when you try to open an application that may cause changes to your computer, What “regedit”, “Symbol of the system”, etc. Try to follow the steps below to fix the problem.

Your PC will remain more or less at the same level of security as before and you will not receive the error along with constant security alerts.

1. Open the Control Panel by searching for it in the Start menu. You can also use the Windows key combination + R, scribe “control Panel” in the Run dialog box and click OK.

2. Change the view by setting the Large Icons in the Control Panel and look for the User Accounts option.

1. Open it and click “Change user account control settings”.

2. You will notice that there are several different options that you can choose from on the slider.. If the slider is set to the top level, you will definitely get more of these pop-ups than usual without eliminating the error. What's more, Command Prompt error messages similar to the one you are experiencing now are often caused by User Account Control.

3. Try decreasing this value by one if you are on the top slider and see if it helped. Repeat the process if the error still appears or turn on the UAC completely.

1. We recommend that you turn it off for now, since the command should work correctly. You can also run the command even if it doesn't completely disable the UAC, but you should definitely leave it enabled as it serves to protect your PC. This is especially true if you are having trouble with a single command.

Solution 4: error popping up with Diskpart

If you are trying to format a disk using the administrative command prompt and you see the following error, you can try to follow the steps below to get the process done properly. This means that you may have made small mistakes when doing it for the first time and the error appeared.

1. You can easily locate the command prompt by simply clicking the start menu button or search button next to it and typing “cmd” O “symbol of the system”. Right click on the first result and choose Run as administrator option.

1. In this command prompt window, just write “diskpart” on a new line and click the Enter key.

2. This will change the command prompt to allow you to run various Diskpart commands. The first to run is the one that will allow you to see the list of all available volumes. Write it down and make sure to hit Enter after:

DISKPART> list volume

1. Make sure to select the volume carefully, depending on the volume you want to format now. Let's say your name is Volume 1. Now run the following command to select this volume:

DISKPART> select volume

1. A message should appear saying something like “The volume 1 is the selected volume”.

2. To format this volume, all you have to do is type the command below, then click the Enter key and be patient until the process is finished. The process should now be successful for a change.

Solution 5: CHKDSK is problematic

If you are trying to run a CHKDSK command and it shows this error every time you want to run it and if the solutions 1-3 they didn't work for you, there is a way to run the CHKDSK commands in another way that can help you avoid the problem and move on. by check. Follow the steps below:

1. You can easily locate the command prompt by simply clicking the start menu button or search button next to it and typing “cmd” O “symbol of the system”. Right click on the first result and choose Run as administrator option.

1. Suppose you want to format the volume marked with the letter F: as this letter is normally assigned to removable USB drives. If you already tried the command “chkdsk / R / FF:” to check the disk, you should try to run the same command like this:

runas /noprofile /user:computeradministrator "chkdsk /R /F F:"

1. Check if the problem has disappeared and if the error continues to appear on your computer “You have to invoke this utility that works in elevated mode”.