Why does it give me "The requested operation requires elevation" when I run "Netstat -b"?

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Why does it give me "The requested operation requires elevation" when I run "Netstat -b"?

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I am the owner....the ONLY administrator of this computer, so why do I require permissions from myself to delete certain folders, and elevation to run ANYTHING on my own computer??

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Hi Christopher

My name is Andre Da Costa; an Independent Consultant, Windows Insider MVP and Windows & Devices for IT MVP. I'm here to help you with your problem.

If you are attempting delete folders that are in the root of the drive, these are trusted folders and sometimes requires full Administrator privilege.

The default Administrator account is normally a 'Standard' Administrator account.

Open Start, type: CMD

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

Try executing the command again.

If that does not work...

Open Start

Type: cmd

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

At the command prompt, type:

net user administrator /active:yes

Hit Enter

Close command prompt, restart, then try signing into the Administrator account.

Try running the command again.