Starting another process with elevation using different user credentials

Question

I\'m trying to start an elevated process from with a non-elevated process, but I also need to supply the username and password for a user with administrative credentials. I\'ve

Answer 1

According to the MSDN documentation:

When UseShellExecute is false, you can start only executables by using the Process object.

I noticed your declaration var proc = Process.Start(info); is not using Process as the class type.

Also make sure parameter path is the fully qualified path to the executable. For instance, "c:\\directory\\contains\\process_to_be_started\\executable.exe"

According to the MSDN documentation this is important:

The WorkingDirectory property must be set if UserName and Password are provided. If the property is not set, the default working directory is %SYSTEMROOT%\system32.

I would try below code to run target process with elevated privileges (with admin rights).

ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo(path);

info.UseShellExecute = false;
info.UserName = username;
info.Password = securePwd;
info.Domain = "MyDomain";
info.Verb = "runas";
info.WorkingDirectory = "c:\\directory\\contains\\process_to_be_started"

'var proc = Process.Start(info);

Process proc = Process.Start(info);