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I want to execute MasterSeeker with RunAs.

Run normally, MasterSeeker forces user to enter admin password, without choosing "Run as administrator".

If i right-click, i can "Run as administrator" no problem.

But the following command doesn't run the program.

runas /user:DESKTOP-9MOOUDP\BOOM "C:\Program Files\MasterSeeker1.5.1\MasterSeeker.exe"

Enter the password for DESKTOP-9MOOUDP\BOOM:


Attempting to start C:\Program Files\MasterSeeker1.5.1\MasterSeeker.exe as user "DESKTOP-9MOOUDP\BOOM" ...
johny why
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    Your not elevating the permissions of the process with your command, your just running the process, with a user with Administrative privileges. Processes by default run at the lowest permissions possible. – Ramhound Dec 11 '23 at 04:57
  • Unclear. RunAs admin doesn't run apps with admin privileges? – johny why Dec 12 '23 at 05:08
  • You’re not using tuna Administrator. You’re running it as a specific user who is an Administrator. Which goes back to the first rule. A process saloons at the lowest permission possible unless elevated which would require a UAC prompt. The two methods that work do exactly that – Ramhound Dec 12 '23 at 10:50
  • @Ramhound tuna? saloons? – johny why Dec 18 '23 at 00:31
  • What’s confusing? Just because you ran the process as a user who is an Administrator doesn’t mean the process permissions were elevated. My comment clearly contains multiple typos but I don’t recall what the original word was. – Ramhound Dec 18 '23 at 04:34
  • @Ramhound Unclear how running a process as a particular user wouldn't run with that user's permissions. Unclear why that seems non-confusing to you. – johny why Dec 18 '23 at 19:16
  • My own ignorance of knowing how Windows works I suppose. You have to “run as Administrator” to elevate the permissions of a process on Windows. Running it as a specific user isn’t enough. – Ramhound Dec 18 '23 at 21:28
  • Here is Elevation the duplicate talks about – Ramhound Dec 18 '23 at 21:34

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