RunAs A different user when debugging in Visual Studio

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I m trying to run the program I m debugging as a different user  Now  this can be done by running the exe and attaching from Visual Studio  but this is cumbersome   What I ve tried to do is use the  RunAs  command   command com  C runas  env  user OtherUser DebugTarget Exe    But this is attached to command com  Visual Studio wants an exe   Now I can create a dummy app    but anyone have a better  solution for this

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This works  I feel so idiotic    C  Windows System32 cmd exe  C runas  savecred  user OtherUser DebugTarget Exe   The above command will ask for your password everytime  so for less frustration  you can use  savecred  You get asked only once   but works only for Home Edition and Starter  I think

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As mentioned in have debugger run application as different user  linked above   another extremely simple way to do this which doesn t require any more tools    Hold Shift   right-click to open a new instance of Visual Studio  Click  Run as different user    Enter credentials of the other user in the next pop-up window Open the same solution you are working with   Now when you debug the solution it will be with the other user s permissions   Hint  if you are going to run multiple instances of Visual Studio  change the theme of it  like to  dark   so you can keep track of which one is which easily

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I m using Visual Studio 2015 and attempting to debug a website with different credentials    I m currently testing a website on a development network that has a copy of the live active directory  I can  hijack  user accounts to test permissions in a safe way    Begin debugging with your normal user  ensure you can get to http   localhost 8080 as normal etc Give the other user  Full Control  access to your normal user s home directory  ie  C  Users Colin Make the other user an administrator on your machine  Right click Computer   Manage   Add other user to Administrator group Run Internet Explorer as the other user  Shift   Right Click Internet Explorer  Run as different user  Go to your localhost URL in that IE window   Really convenient to do some quick testing  The Full Control access is probably overkill but I develop on an isolated network  If anyone adds notes about more specific settings I ll gladly edit this post in future

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you can also use VSCommands 2010 to run as different user

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I m using the following method based on  Watki02 s answer    Shift r-click the application to debug Run as different user Attach the debugger to the application   That way you can keep your visual studio instance as your own user whilst debugging from the other

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cmd exe is located in different locations in different versions of Windows  To avoid needing the location of cmd exe  you can use the command moogs wrote without calling  cmd exe  C    Here s an example that worked for me    Open Command Prompt Change directory to where your application s  exe file is located  Execute the following command  runas  user domain username Application exe   So the final step will look something like this in Command Prompt   C  Projects MyProject bin Debug gt runas  user domain username Application exe   Note  the domain name was required in my situation

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You can open  your command prompt as the intended user   Shift   Right Click on Command Prompt icon on task bar  Select  Run as differnt user     You will be prompted with login and password  Once CommandP Prompt starts you can double check which user you are running as by the command whoami   Now you can change directory to your project and run     dotnet run    In Visual Studio hit Ctrl Alt P  Attach to Process - can also be found from Debug menu     Make sure  quot Show Processes from All users quot  is checked  Find the running process and attach debugger

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