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runas

CautionRun as another user

runas /user:<domain\user> <command>

Runs a program under different credentials — the standard way to do admin tasks on user PCs.

Examples

  • runas /user:CORP\admin-taro cmdOpen an elevated CMD as admin user

Syntax

runas /user:<user> [/savecred] <command>

Before you run it

Avoid /savecred — it caches credentials.

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