# Starting Programs: \`Start-Process\`

Start-Process opens a file or folder in the app a double-click would use, starts a program with arguments in its own window or none, hands back its process with -PassThru, waits for it with -Wait or Wait-Process so you can read its ExitCode, and asks Windows for administrator rights with -Verb RunAs.

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- Category: PowerShell
- Level: Journeyman
- Tags: administrator, exit-code, operating-system, powershell, start-process, user-account-control
- Updated: November 10, 2026

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