Start-Process -WorkingDirectory as administrator does not set location

Question

When I enter the command

Start-Process powershell -WorkingDirectory \"D:\\folder\"

it opens new PowerShell window with D:\\folder

Answer 1

I also had the same problem and solved it with this command:

Start-Process powershell.exe -verb runAs -ArgumentList '-NoExit', '-Command', 'cd D:\folder'

Once you run the above command, Windows will launch with admin authority and the specified directory.