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Use powershell to run an executable file as another user on Windows
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powershell-runas.ps1
$username = 'user'
$password = 'password'
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $username, $securePassword
Start-Process Notepad.exe -Credential $credential
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