Questions tagged [runas]
allows a user to run specific tools and programs with different permissions than the user's current logon provides.
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Enforce ProxySettingsPerUser=0 without open administrator's systemsettings panel
I would like to use ProxySettingsPerUser=0 to (remotely) configure machines to use system wide the administrator user proxy configuration.
I can deploy registry settings remotely but I noticed that to ...
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Sudo equivalent under windows: mklink, runas requires password, whereas opening an Administrator cmd doesn't
Sometimes I run into the wild idea of creating a symbolic link à la Windows using MKLINK. However, that immediately shouts at me that I'm not privileged enough to do so. My user is an admin, but not ...
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runas the Microsoft Store version of WhatsApp
I'm trying to run two instances of WhatsApp for two different accounts. Previously, when WhatsApp was a desktop application it was possible to run it as a different user with runas, but the desktop ...
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Can't run Start-Process with RunAsUser from .ps1 file
Wrote a script that copies a .exe file to a folder then tries to run it as another user but the Powershel window just closes without running the .exe.
The command that runs it works fine if I run it ...
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Why is runas working even with a nonexistent user
I wondered why running this command is working (none of the computer or the user are existing) :
> runas /user:I_do_not_exist\me_neither /netonly cmd.exe
There is a password prompt, but you can ...
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How can I run terminal in directory as administrator when shift + left click?
How can I enable this feature for shell? I want to run terminal as administrator in the current directory.
I am using the shell explorer context menu.
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Programs running as admin, but not prompting for credentials
UPDATE: The only resolution I could find was to remove the user account from the workstation and recreate it. I know that's not a legitimate "fix", but it is technically a legitimate ...
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"Parameter is incorrect" when using runas with trustlevel after Windows 11 22H2 update
I had a script that needed to run as an administrator but then run a single command in a non-elevated context. I was previously doing it with runas /trustlevel:0x20000 program.exe, but after updating ...
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User home share persistently inaccessible in default profile after using `runas`
I'm in an environment where much of our profile information is redirected to a network share (e.g. \\foo\Home\myuser)
Recently, I was attempting to access a network share as otheruser, and after ...
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How to launch minimized application from RunAs?
I have a batch that runs in Windows 10 with elevated privileges so it's able to stop a few programs, backup/restore files, then relaunch those programs again.
The programs must be launched with normal ...
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Using “runas /user” to run a batch file and seemingly nothing happens
If I run this command, after entering my password, all I see is a shortly blinking new cmd window, then nothing.
runas /user:<username> batch_file.bat
My batch file contains a pause command ...
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Automatically run as a different user, using the special interface
I want to run a program as a different Windows user, protected by a password. Now, in my company, there is a single-sign-on system where if you can enter a PIN attached to your email, it will ...
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How to enable Win-key command followed by ctrl+shift+enter for Administrator privilege elevation on Windows 10?
On Feb 9, 2022 out of the blue the shortcut to elevate Administrative privilege by typing a command from Win-key followed by ctrl+shift+enter stopped working on all my laptops and desktops running ...
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Windows 10\11 - wont shutdown\sleep\restart\run-as-admin
After hours of searching, I've got a very weird problem that I couldn't find a solution to.
Since I upgraded my rig to Intel's 12gen (new motherboard, CPU, RAM, installation), I sometimes have the ...
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Make startup script which automatically Runs in Administrator Mode for deployment purposes - Windows 11
I am deploying Windows 11 via the Network.
The process is the following:
Load the image via winpe on the SSD of every machine with the dism tool.
Load a startup script on the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\...
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Default RunAs also when opening hyperlinks
I can open a browser under a different user using "runas" inside the shortcut target like this:
runas.exe /user:username /savecred pathtobrowserexe
However, I would like this to be the ...
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Log in interactively as TrustedInstaller in Windows 10
We have Process Hacker and other utilities that allows us to launch processes in interactive mode with system security principals as their user for elevated permissions. But, is there a way to log in ...
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Allow "console logon" (from keyboard) only for specific user
Currently when I create a Windows user without a password it can't be used with runas.exe showing the following error:
Account restrictions are preventing this user from signing in. For example: ...
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Windows : How to run a program with a different user (equivalent of linux 'sudo -u user cmd')?
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In a setup program for Windows, which is executed with administrator privilege, I want to configure a service, which will be run with a dedicated user (let's call this user serviceUser).
For ...
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Spawn running program instance in user session from admin session
Can't seem to find anything online about this topic because they're all responding to using run as to go the other way (to elevate permissions)
Scenario: there's a program that I want to run under a ...
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How do you run an application as TrustedInstaller or SYSTEM without using external programs?
This question is not a duplicate of other questions that have to do with running programs as TrustedInstaller or SYSTEM, because this one is specifically about not using external programs.
Using only ...
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Display Username in window title bar [closed]
I'm doing a lot of runas at work (multiple accounts, poorly managed, but I have no choice). What I'm looking for is some way to display the user a window is running as in the title bar? Like I often ...
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Run WinSCP script from bat file as different user [duplicate]
could anybody help me with this please:
I can successfully call a WinSCP script from a bat file like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.com" /script="script_file_path.txt"
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Running Outlook 2019 as another user
I am usually logged in as user A (not an admin). I have Outlook setup for user B (not an admin either). I am running Windows 10 version 1909.
When logged in as user B, everything works smoothly.
When ...
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Enroll user's certificates for another user on the same machine
If I'm logged in as a normal user, how can I download/enroll user's certificates for another user (on the same machine)? This can be done using runas command but can't figure out exactly.
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How to run a program as nt authority\system using the windows RUNAS command (or using built-in tools if runas won't work)
How do I run a program as nt authority/system without using 3rd party app (such as psexec)?
I have tried runas "/user:system@nt authority" <app> and runas "/user:nt authority\...
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On Windows, how to make a .bat or .ps1 file automatically elevate itself when running?
I have pinned admin cmd and admin pwsh to taskbar, I know how to run .bat files as Administrator, just right-click->"Run as administrator", for .ps1 files, I have modified openwith of ....
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Can not run EXCEL.EXE with "runas", it says: "1312: A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated."
I need to run EXCEL.EXE with a user different than current one; previously I have been doing this without any issues using "runas", but after updating the system to Windows 10 Pro version ...
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Windows: run a program as different user and elevate
I'm (at home) the domain admin and users don't have local admin rights. One user on Windows 10 wants to run the Badlion client (some Minecraft anti-cheat software), which requires administrative ...
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runas requested operation requires elevation on active directory
I am having trouble understanding what is going on with "runas".
Situation:
CLIENT is W10 Pro joined & logged in to Active Directory Domain FOODOM.
USER is member of FOODOM and default Domain-...
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Use runas with cmd /k and path containing spaces
Here is the command I try to execute:
runas /netonly /user:DOMAIN\user "cmd /k C:\Program Files (x86)\program.exe"
When i try to execute it I have the following error message:
'C:\Program' is not ...
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Why can we not "Run as administrator" a batch file with @ in the path?
So we just discovered this weird quirk. Easy enough to avoid but curious if any of the experts here know what's happening.
It seems that if you try to use the right-click "Run as Administrator" on a ...
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Run Runas without password prompt
First of all, I'm sorry to register a new question when there are a few about the same subject, but I couldn't find a specific answer...
I'm trying to create a batch file to be used by a regular user....
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Windows 10: Additional start menu to runas different user
I have a Windows PC for personal and also professional use. I want to keep the personal data separate from the professional data, so I created two user accounts, one for personal and one for ...
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How can I change default program to run as another user (no shortcut)?
I am trying to have an app always run as another user.
I know you can launch the app as another user via editing the shortcut but then when you double click a file it runs as you and not other user.
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Windows 10: RunAs requires elevation even when the command prompt is run as admin
I have set up an application which has to be run by a normal user, but requires admin privileges. It is stupid, it is a normal application, but it is installs like that. Users are definitely not ...
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Cannot run batch in Task Scheduler when security optons set to "Run whether user logged on or not"
@echo off
rem Note: This file is an alternative launcher for DocFetcher. How to use it:
rem 1) Modify this file as needed.
rem 2) Move this file one level up into the DocFetcher folder.
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how to start a headless virtualbox machine from jenkins job
I have Windows 7 pro SP1 with a Jenkins installation running with SYSTEM account. I also have VirtualBox and a virtual machine created in my personal user with Debian, to be used as a slave for ...
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How to runas an application requiring elevation with a different user?
I want to run regedit as a different user (i.e. to edit that user's registry entries).
So I've run cmd as an Administrator, then did
runas /profile /savecred /user:OtherUserName regedit
It asks for ...
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How to modify batch script to run as TrustedInstaller
I have a toggle batch script that automatically Stops and Starts "WinDefend" Service. Except "WinDefend" Service can only be stopped as TrustedInstaller. So to make the script work, I first have to ...
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Run as another user, but ONLY for certain explicitly permitted programs
On my Windows 10 system, Alice is a developer/administrator and Bob is a standard user. Alice has written a set of programs for Bob to use (.bat files, and/or shortcuts that run .py files in python....
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runas: I can't invoke system commands
This works:
$ C:\Users\Guest> runas /user:Administrator cmd
Executes a new cmd.exe process/window as Administrator
However using commands like type, cd, echo, dir, etc won't work:
$ C:\Users\...
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Running "net" commands with /domain flag outside of the domain
As a part of my work I sometimes connect to a network with an AD environment/Domain, and receive domain user credentials. However, my machine is not a part of the domain. So when I try to query the ...
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New PowerShell as a user with administrator rights
I want to open a new powershell.exe as a user but with the administrator rights (this user is already added to administrator group).
To open new powershell.exe as user, I used this command:
runas /...
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Started explorer.exe as different user, can't switch back
I have two domain accounts (user and admuser) which I'm working with on my Windows 10 Pro machine. Yesterday, as 'user' I Shift+RightClick on C:\windows\explorer.exe and choosed Run as Different User ...
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Making application always run as a different user
I am looking for a runas alternative.
Is it possible to set up a particular application to ALWAYS RUN under a different account?
This is very different from defining a short-cut that does a run-as (...
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How to check if a program is configured to run as administrator?
It seems there are tons of threads asking how to check if a prorgam is running as admin or how to set a programto run as admin in windows, but my question is How can I check to see if a program is ...
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How do I run Microsoft Code Writer as Administrator?
When I right click on the Microsoft Code Writer icon, there is no option to "Run as Administrator"
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Windows Autostart App Not Running Anymore [duplicate]
I'm not sure if it is due to the latest Windows 10 update or something else. But recently, OpenVPN won't start up automatically anymore. Even though it is placed in the user autostart folder for the ...
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PowerShell ISE runas user reports other user with whoami
I want to start a PowerShell ISE session as a domain user. If I enter:
runas.exe /netonly /user:domain.local\username "powershell ise"
I am prompted for the password and the ISE environment launches....
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