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Command line argument for running as another user on Windows?

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Mar 15, 202660819 views
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Under windows .msi installer, if you specify a custom action to be run at an application's installation time, it will get run under the "SYSTEM" user. Can I trick it by passing a command line parameter to the custom action (.exe file) and make it run under the currently logged on user?

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