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I have Windows 8.1. I have followed several different methods mentioned here and elsewhere but when I get to trying to put in my password, Windows will not let me type it in.

I have to have access to 4 different accounts for 4 different positions I hold. I really hate having to share or using multiple usernames. Any thoughts?

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    Have you thought about sharing the other accounts' files with your primary/own account?
    – Mario
    Commented May 1, 2017 at 5:27
  • @Mario a caveat of that is the required space will be the combination of all 4 accounts possibly but the allowed space will be only that of a single account.
    – Damon
    Commented Feb 9, 2018 at 1:41
  • @Damon I think they recently added the possibility to only download files just in time, which would avoid that.
    – Mario
    Commented Feb 9, 2018 at 6:19

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Adding the runas command in the Target box of the shortcut settings was working in windows 8, but no more in windows 8.1.

To run a shortcut as a different user in 8.1 you need to add the shortcut to the taskbar and with [shift][rightmouse] you can enter the alternative username and pass to run it as alternative user inside the primary user account.

I hope this clears thing up a bit, now I have two dropboxes running simultaniously in 8.1 so problem solved for me.

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