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nh512613
Occasional Contributor
2 years ago

Running TestedApp in RunAs mode

Hi, i have a problem when running a TestedApp in RunAs mode from a substituted drive. Its working fine when i use the real adress. The drive gets substituted before the test happen on the given user,...
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    rraghvani
    2 years ago

    I think this is function as designed. When I try to launch notepad as a different user, I get the following error

    However, if I double click notepad.exe, it launches. Also, I can launch notepad, from my Windows (not using subst) folder, as a different user.

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nh512613
Occasional Contributor
2 years ago

Exactly thats the same behavior i get with our application. I decided to not use substituted drives and instead make a windows environment variable with the path set to our application, with this i can start in RunAs mode without any problem.