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PowerShell- Launch Applications With Other User Context Within Interactive Session

Posted on August 10, 2023 by paytonflint

There are many reasons one might want to establish a workflow in which they can quickly launch PowerShell or the ISE with alternative credentials from their interactive session, such as executing a script with a more privileged user context. To do so, create a script like the one below:

# Specify user name

$user = "<INSERT USERNAME>"

# Determine & affix domain name

$domain = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()

$user = Join-Path $domain $user

# Execute ISE as other user

Start-Process PowerShell.exe -Credential $user -NoNewWindow -ArgumentList "Start-Process powershell_ise.exe -Verb runAs"

Then, create a shortcut to execute the script. The target command should be as follows:

Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File “<INSERT PATH>”

Upon executing this shortcut, you will be prompted for credentials like so:

To validate that your instance is within the new user context, use the following snippet:

[Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name

This is an efficient means to run a script as a different user within a single interactive session.

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