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Run as a different user on a shortcut

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Mar 15, 202668739 views
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How do I run as a different user on a shortcut in Windows 7? On Windows XP, I had the ability to mark a shortcut as being run by a different user, so that every time I ran it it would prompt me for a username/password. This let me have two shortcuts for things like SQL Server Management Studio, one…

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Right-click > New > Shortcut For Target, type "runas /user:domain\user program.exe" I think you can replace "domain" with the computer name if you want it to use a local account. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddo…

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