RunAs A different user when debugging in Visual Studio

Question

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.

Answer 1

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 "Show Processes from All users" is checked.
• Find the running process and attach debugger.