How can I create a new process with another User Account on Windows?

Question

Is it possible to create a new process on windows with a different user account? I know there are a context menu \"Run as\" but I want do it from Java. I have the username a

Answer 1

Depending on your needs the Win32 API "CreateProcessWithLogonW" is easier to use than the "CreateProcessAsUser / LogonUser" functions.

From MSDN Docs:

The CreateProcessWithLogonW and CreateProcessWithTokenW functions are
similar to the CreateProcessAsUser function, except that the caller 
does not need to call the LogonUser function to authenticate the user 
and get a token