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.

To launch an elevated PowerShell prompt, click on the 'Windows PowerShell (Admin)' option. Windows 10 will now display a UAC prompt asking if you want to give the program elevated permissions.

Open PowerShell, then copy and paste the following script and hit Enter. Be sure to replace 'J:\OrganizeDownloadsFolder.ps1 ' with the full file path to your OrganizeDownloadsFolder.ps1 script.

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