{"id":7551,"date":"2016-08-29T01:46:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T01:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=7551"},"modified":"2016-08-29T01:52:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T01:52:22","slug":"run-app-as-different-user-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/run-app-as-different-user-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Run App as Different User in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can you run a script or application as another user? In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 ways to run apps as different user in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Shift + Right-Click Context Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open File Explorer and browse to the executable file you wish to run as different user. Simply hold down the Shift<\/strong> key and right-click on the executable file, select Run as different user<\/strong> from the context menu.<\/p>\n

\"shift-run-as-different-user\"<\/p>\n

Next you have to enter the user name and the password of the user which we want use to open the application.<\/p>\n

\"enter-user-credentials\"<\/p>\n

Method 2: Run as Different User via Command Line<\/strong><\/p>\n

Runas is a very useful command in Windows. This command allows to run applications under a different user account, even as an Administrator. To use the Runas command, you need to provide a different user’s credentials and the full path of the application you want to run.<\/p>\n

For example, if you want to open Notepad as your Windows user Bob, the command line would be as below.
\nrunas \/user:Bob “C:\\Windows\\notepad.exe”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"runas-cmd\"<\/p>\n

After running the above command, you will be asked to enter the password of Bob account. After password validation, Notepad will be opened with the specified account credentials.<\/p>\n

Method 3: Run as Different User via Start Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want to run apps as different user from Start Menu in Windows 10, you need to tweak the Group Policy setting.<\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows + R key combination to bring up the Run box, type gpedit.msc<\/strong> and hit Enter.<\/li>\n
  2. In the Local Group Policy Editor window, navigate to:
    \nUser Configuration\\Administrative Templates\\Start Menu and Taskbar<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. In right-side pane, double-click on the policy called Show “Run as different user” command on Start<\/strong>.\n

    \"run-as-different-user-gpo\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. Set the policy to Enabled<\/strong>, then click OK<\/strong> to save your changes.\n

    \"show-run-as-different-user\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. Reboot your computer. Right-click any application on the Start Menu, you’ll see a new option “Run as different user<\/strong>” for quick access.\n

    \"rus-as-user-via-start\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How can you run a script or application as another user? In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 ways to run apps as different user in Windows 10. Method 1: Shift + Right-Click Context Menu Open File Explorer and browse to the executable file you wish to run as different user. Simply hold down the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894],"tags":[2909,2910],"class_list":["post-7551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-run-as-different-user-command-line","tag-run-as-different-user-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7561,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551\/revisions\/7561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}