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[Vntalk]

How can we run a program under the "system" or other than the account that we are currently using on Windows XP.

[d3gerald]

do you mean to run the program using any account on the pc? or what? Please clarrify

[Vntalk]

yes
Please open the task manager. and check under the User name tab

[d3gerald]

if the program is installed using the administrator account, all users can access it.

Are those progs installed using the administrator Acc?

[Vntalk]

i think u misunderstood me.

I mean how can i run a program but not under my account. For example under the "System" like the files wich run by windows

[baja_yu]

System is not a user account. You would have to make and run them as a process.

[Vntalk]

and how could i do that ?

[Shuja Ali]

Do you want to Run an application under a different account. You could use RunAs utility of the Windows Shell. Something like this

Dim winShell As Object
    Set winShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    winShell.Run "RunAs /Env /User:DomainName/UserName myExe"

[imperialdata]

Interesting one this. My program also will need to copy files from a PC where other users have admin rights. Even if I log in as admin, those other admins can effectively hide their files by making them private. I'm writing code for a pe environment at the moment but if I can achieve this in Windows it would help. Anyone know if the RunAs command could help here?

Sorry Vntalk, I don't mean to hijack your thread but it is relevant. I'll learn how to run my app as a process with you!