Run as different user error with Dropbox

[Greenfire]

Hopefully this is the right forum to post in, my apologies if its not.

I'm trying to run Dropbox as a different user, but whenever I try, I get the error "Logon failure:unknown user name or bad password." The first way I tried was by holding shift and then clicking "Run program as another user." The username and password that I typed in were definitely valid, but for some reason they weren't recognized as so.

So I tried another gimmick, I installed Dropbox on the alternate user on C:\ and navigated to "C:\Users\(user)\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin" on my administrator account. I then made a shortcut of the .exe to desktop, went to properties, and added in "runas.exe /user:username" before the target. Command prompt then came up asking for a password, and when i typed it in, the error "RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run.... 1326:Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password."

I'm clueless, someone please help me out! Thanks!

 

[richc46]

Here is our tutorial on the subject, hopefully you will find some hint that may help
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/419-run-different-user.html

It appears,however that it describes the procedure that you already tried.

 

[Greenfire]

Tried that before posting this, that's where I got the idea for Shift+click>run as different user

 

[richc46]

OK, at least we have confirmation of exactly what was tried and that a problem exists. Maybe, this will correct it.http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

 

[Greenfire]

Ran the scan just now, no problems came up

 

[Greenfire]

I'd like to add that I'm having the same problem with other programs as well, not just dropbox. Tried running Peerblock as another user and that also failed.

 

[severedsolo]

Have you tried creating another User Account just to test that it is the computer, and not a dodgy User Profile?

 

[Greenfire]

Mind blown, it worked.

lol. how sad.
Created another user account and it worked

thanks for the help!

 

[severedsolo]

haha, your welcome

Never let it be said my random shots in the dark don't work