Solved How to automatically run a shortcut with "RunAs" w/ credentials

[JustWatching]

How to automatically run a shortcut with "RunAs" w/ credentials

WHat would I need to put in the target field of a shortcut properties in order to automatically run as a diff user? (Instead of holding down shift and right clicking on shortcut and selecting RunAs different user.) I am trying to run remote assistance as a diff user and I added /runas /user:username %windir%\systm32\msra.exe /offerra but nothing comes up, i see a window flash for a moment but nothing happens. also tried adding /passwordpassword) and that did not work either.


thanks.

 

[Brink]

Hello JustWatching,

This should be able to help you create a shortcut to run a program as a different user.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...r-shortcut-create-specified-program-user.html

You would want to use this command below. It will remember the password after you enter the password the first time it's opened.

runas /savecred /user:USER-NAME "C:\full\path\of\Program.exe"

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[JustWatching]

Appreciate the reply. I do that, enter the password when it prompts and nothing happens msara,exe /offerra does not open. i tried removing the /offerra switch, still nothing opened.
I just don't get it

 

[Brink]

I used this below in a .bat file to test and debug with, and appears that it's failing because it requires elevation.

runas /savecred /user:[B][COLOR=red]USER-NAME[/COLOR][/B] "C:\Windows\System32\msra.exe"
 
pause

I've tried every possible way to run it elevated from the shortcut to setting msra.exe itself to "Run as administrator" when opened, but they all failed to run.

 

[JustWatching]

Well that is unfortunate.
Thank you for all the help.

 

[Brink]

If you like, you could still use the normal method to "Run as different user" with msra.exe, but you will still have to enter the other user's password each time. The tutorial below will help a bit by not having to press and hold Shift at least.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...r-without-shift-right-click-context-menu.html

 

[JustWatching]

Well thats very cool and i works perfect except for one thing. My msra.exe /offerra is pinned to my taskbar, Always lots of windows open so its quicker than trying to use a shortcut on the desktop. The modified right click menu does not work when the item is pinned to to the taskbar. I can right click on it once, and it will give me 'unpin from taskbar' and the exe, i then right click on that exe and it just give me the default right click menu

 

[Brink]

Ah, yeah I forgot that it didn't affect the context menu of an icon on the taskbar.

 

[JustWatching]

Well I appreciate all the help anyways. Very odd that I cannot' force' it to run even with elevated privileges. I don't suppose ti would be possible to have a power-shell script make it auto 'runas' with the credentials? I guess if it won't work manually, it won't work with a PS script either. Oh well. I guess you can close this

 

[Brink]

I'm afraid I don't know much about PowerShell scripts.

 

[andrew129260]

You could create a script that does this for you in powershell: (kinda like a batch file to run the program as a different user). I believe only powershell has this capability as you both were trying to do it in command prompt.

Script PowerShell function to runas a different user


http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/PowerShell-function-to-3e9766e3


https://stackoverflow.com/questions...-process-to-launch-hello-world-is-not-working