{"id":2991,"date":"2015-05-08T20:32:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T15:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2023-08-11T19:08:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:38:40","slug":"enable-run-as-different-user-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-run-as-different-user-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Right-Click &#8220;Run as different user&#8221; in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Windows operating system allows you to run programs in two ways, Run as an Administrator and Run as different user. But generally, when you right-click on any program icon in <a title=\"windows\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows<\/a> then you see only one option &#8220;Run as an Administrator&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, now the question is how to enable right-click &#8220;<strong>Run as different user<\/strong>&#8221; option in Windows PC?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many Windows users who want to run programs as a different user than the currently logged on user are feeling difficulty in finding the option of &#8220;Run as different user&#8221; in Windows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-enable-run-as-different-user-in-windows.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2999\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-enable-run-as-different-user-in-windows.png\" alt=\"how to enable run as different user in windows\" width=\"654\" height=\"422\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-enable-run-as-different-user-in-windows.png 654w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-enable-run-as-different-user-in-windows-150x97.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-enable-run-as-different-user-in-windows-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are also one of them and want to know how to add \u201cRun as different user\u201d option in <a title=\"right-click context menu \" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/burn-cd-or-dvd-in-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right-click context menu <\/a>on Windows PC then this tutorial is quite appropriate for you.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fef5c4; 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Windows 8\">Enable Run as Different User in Windows Vista, Windows 7 &amp; Windows 8<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-run-as-different-user-windows\/#Enable_Run_as_Different_User_in_Windows_XP_and_Windows_2000\" title=\"Enable Run as Different User in Windows XP and Windows 2000\">Enable Run as Different User in Windows XP and Windows 2000<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Enable_Run_as_Different_User_in_Windows\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18pt;\">How to Enable Run as Different User in Windows<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enabling and use <strong>Run as different user in Windows<\/strong> is a super easy task if you know the correct way enable it according to the different versions of windows operating system. Here are the step by step instructions to enable run as different user in windows:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enable_Run_as_Different_User_in_Windows_Vista_Windows_7_Windows_8\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Enable Run as Different User in Windows Vista, Windows 7 &amp; Windows 8<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #39b54a;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">First Method:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Microsoft included a quite interesting way to enable Run as different user in Windows vista, <a title=\"windows 7\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 7<\/a> and <a title=\"Windows 8\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 8<\/a> operating system. Only you have to press <strong>Shift<\/strong> key and then <strong>right-click<\/strong> on the program or program shortcut icon you want to Run as different user.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-as-different-user.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3000\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-as-different-user.png\" alt=\"run as different user\" width=\"491\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-as-different-user.png 589w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-as-different-user-147x150.png 147w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-as-different-user-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, from the right click context menu, select <strong>Run as different user<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attention please, this method only works on application launch files (EXE) or shortcuts to the application launch files.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #39b54a;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Second Method:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are using <a title=\"Windows Vista\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-vista\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows Vista<\/a>, Windows 7, or Windows 8 operating system on PC and want to permanently add &#8220;Run as different user&#8221; option to the right-click context menu then download and install <strong>ShellRunas<\/strong> on your PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basically, <a title=\"ShellRunas\" href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/cc300361.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ShellRunas<\/a> is a command-line utility offered by the Microsoft. It allows you to launch programs under different accounts from the right-click context menu. The only problem with this utility, it\u2019s not accessible if you\u2019re a heavy Explorer user.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you installed ShellRunas utility on your Windows PC, you will be able to see &#8220;<strong>Run as different user<\/strong>&#8221; option whenever you make a right-click on any executable file.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enable_Run_as_Different_User_in_Windows_XP_and_Windows_2000\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Enable Run as Different User in Windows XP and Windows 2000<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, log into the workstation with Administrative privileges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> After that, right-click on &#8220;<strong>My Computer<\/strong>&#8221; and select &#8220;<strong>Manage<\/strong>&#8221; option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-run-as-different-user.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2998 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-run-as-different-user.jpg\" alt=\"enable run as different user\" width=\"362\" height=\"278\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-run-as-different-user.jpg 362w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-run-as-different-user-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-run-as-different-user-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> From the &#8220;<strong>Computer Management<\/strong>&#8221; section, open &#8220;<strong>Services and Applications<\/strong>&#8221; and then select &#8220;<strong>Services<\/strong>&#8221; option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-program-as-different-user.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3001\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-program-as-different-user.png\" alt=\"run program as different user\" width=\"519\" height=\"452\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-program-as-different-user.png 519w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-program-as-different-user-150x131.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/run-program-as-different-user-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> Now from the right side pane:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Windows 2000: Find &#8220;<strong>RunAs<\/strong>&#8221; service and right-click on it then select &#8220;<strong>Properties<\/strong>&#8221; option.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <a title=\"windows xp\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-xp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows XP<\/a>: Find &#8220;<strong>Secondary Logon<\/strong>&#8221; service and right-click on it then select &#8220;<strong>Properties<\/strong>&#8221; option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> On the Properties dialog box, set Startup type to &#8220;<strong>Automatic<\/strong>&#8221; and click on <strong>Start<\/strong> button then <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-right-click.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2997\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-right-click.jpg\" alt=\"enable right-click\" width=\"410\" height=\"468\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-right-click.jpg 410w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-right-click-131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/enable-right-click-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (6):<\/strong> Now, close the window and Restart the computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From now, you will be able to see &#8220;<strong>Run as different user<\/strong>&#8221; option in right-click context menu whenever you will right-click on program icon. That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, you can easily enable Run as different user option on Windows PC to run <a title=\"programs\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/unchecky-potentially-unwanted-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programs<\/a> as a different user than the currently logged on user.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope, this Windows tutorial helped you to find the appropriate solution for your query &#8220;how to enable Run as different user in Windows&#8221;. Feel free to share your view with us through comments and ask us if you face any problem in order to <strong>enable Run as different user<\/strong> in <a title=\"Windows operating system\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows operating system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read next:\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"Quick User Manager: Best Way to Manage Users in Windows\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/quick-user-manager-manage-users-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quick User Manager: Best Way to Manage Users in Windows<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows operating system allows you to run programs in two ways, Run as an Administrator and Run as different user. 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