ShellRunas v.1.0 is a new Sysinternals tools by Mark Russinowich. It enables you to run a program with different credentials from Windows Explorer. The tool works with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Tools such as RunAsAdmin or RunAsLimitedUser allow you to run commands only with a certain account. Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 already have this run as option in the context menu of Windows Explorer. Microsoft removed it for some reason in Windows Vista and Server 2008. ShellRunas weeds out this mistake. You can use ShellRunas from Windows Explorer by right clicking on the application you want to start and then on “Run as different user”.

The most common use would be if you want to check whether a program works properly with certain credentials. Or you can use it if you need admin privileges of another Windows domain. ShellRunas works on the command prompt as well.

Before you can use the tool in Windows Explorer you have to run ShellRunas once from the command line with ShellRunas /reg. These are command line switches, the tool understands:

Usage: shellrunas [/reg | [/quietreg ] | /regnetonly [/quiet] | unreg | [/netonly] <program> <arguments>

/reg Registers ShellRunas shell context-menu entry

/regnetonly Registers Shell /netonly context-menu entry

Note: a command prompt will flash when the program starts

/unreg Unregisters ShellRunas shell context-menu entry

/quiet Register or unregisters ShellRunas shell context-menu entry without result dialog

/netonly Use if specified credentials are for remote access only

<program> Runs program with specified credentials and parameters

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