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My Windows 7 computer is connected to a Windows network at the workplace. There are two domains in use on this network, EMPLOYEES and TESTERS. I have logins on both domains, for example EMPLOYEES\Joe and TESTERS\TestJoe.

If I am logged into a computer as EMPLOYEES\Joe, how do I launch a Windows Explorer instance with the privileges of TESTERS\TestJoe? Note that I can switch user and login as TESTERS\TestJoe on this computer without any problem.

I have tried the suggestions given in this post, and they do not work.

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Some clarification on what you're trying to accomplish with this might help you get an answer faster. Are you trying to get access to network shares? – Pär Björklund May 31 '11 at 11:28
Par Bjorklund: Yes, network shares is my prime concern. – Ashwin May 31 '11 at 13:07
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  • Go to the Start button;
  • Type in Explorer;
  • Shift Right-Click "Windows Explorer";
  • Run as different user.

That user will also need privileges to access the file system on the local machine, and perform any futher operations you'd like to execute.

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While @Matt has the process right, @Pär Björklund is correct when it comes to network shares. You can connect using someone else's credentials. If that is all you need, I would go with that answer. – Doltknuckle May 31 '11 at 18:52
This is what I was going to suggest. – ekaj Mar 15 at 17:21
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You don't need to run explorer.exe as a different user just to connect to a network share with different credentials.

In an explorer window you can click on "Map network drive", fill in the path and and make sure to check "Connect using different credentials". When you click the finish button you will get prompted for the credentials you want to use to connect the current share.

You can also accomplish this with the net command on the command line.

net use x: \\server\share /user:testuser@example.com password
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