How to run any app as a different user in Windows 11

Some applications are authorized to be used only by certain specific users. Therefore, if you are logged into the system using someone else's user account and want to launch the application, you may need to log out of the system and log in using your user account.

However, you can launch the application directly by running it as a different user. Once the user runs the application as another user, it will pop up a small window asking the user to enter the credentials of the user account that is required to open the application.

Isn’t that great? It really saves a lot of time and unnecessary hassle of logging into another user account again. This article will guide you on how to do this easily.

How to run any application as a different user in Windows 11,10

Step 1: If the application icon is on the desktop screen, go to the application icon.

Step 2: If you don't find the application shortcut on your desktop, just press the Windows key and enter application name.

Note – Let’s take the Notepad application as an example.

Step 3: Once the application name appears on the Start menu, right-click it and select Open file location from the context menu.

#Step 4: This will open the folder where the application executable file is located.

Step 5: Now find the application executable file and right click while holding down the Shift key on the keyboard Click the Applyexe file of the program. Step 6: This will populate Run as different user on the context menu.

Step 7: Click

Run as another user

in the context menu, which you can find under the Run as administrator option.

#Step 8: After clicking Run as a different user, a small window will pop up on the system screen.

Step 9: You will need to enter your user account name and password.

Step 10: Finally, click "

OK

" on the window to open the application as a different user than the user used to log in to the system.

Using this method, you can run any application as a different user on your Windows system.

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