Running File Explorer as Different User

Hi all.
I work in a domain environment where we log in with standard accounts for day-to-day work and use separate elevated accounts only when needed, and only to run applications that require elevation. This works fine for most things in 8.1, but once again,
Microsoft has disabled the ability to run File Explorer with different credentials. To me, this is insecure and counterproductive. They tell us we should never be logged on with administrative rights, and I agree with that, but this restriction
is the one thing that makes this impossible. In 7, I could get around this by running Explorer cmd or PowerShell using elevated (domain) credentials, but now this won't even work! I get not one but two errors stating that I have insufficient permission
to do this. Is there any workable solution for this, or has Microsoft finally succeeded in forcing us to add our staff accounts back into domain groups or logging in with elevated rights just so we can manage permissions?
Thanks.
A very frustrated server admin
Derek

Hi,
Have you tried to use the runas command, as mentioned in the link below?
runas /user:domain\username "c:\windows\explorer.exe /separate"
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/2a366967-f9fb-4010-81f3-94dc15c86ad3/run-explorer-as-a-different-user?forum=w7itprosecurity
Yolanda Zhu
TechNet Community Support

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