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How to run an app as another user?

Submitted by rpr on February 19, 2013 - 9:20am

Hi!

On Windows 7 Pro. SP1 I log in as a user who is not an administrator in Windows but only a "restricted" user (more precisely, the user is not a member of the local Administrators group but is only a member of the local Users group). Sometimes I need to run an app as another user in Windows, namely as a user who is an administrator on the local machine or an administrator in a Windows domain (in corporate environment). I can't find a way to do it in PortableApps 11.2.

http://assets.pinterest.com/pidget.html

Submitted by Ed_P on February 18, 2013 - 10:10am

Any idea why when browsing the forum today trying to go back doesn't work? Using IE 9 on Win 7. Using the Back arrow or Alt+Left shows links pointing to:

http://assets.pinterest.com/pidget.html?r=330018.631781349?
http://assets.pinterest.com/pidget.html?r=962646.8591458198

I know I can add the URL to my Security page but why/where is this coming from all of a sudden?

paf.exe files doesn't run in Windows8 desktop Interface

Submitted by ricy on February 18, 2013 - 5:37am

When I click on a xyz.paf.exe file nothing happens
I can only see via Task Manager/process
that the process xyz.paf.exe is started and
even when I have choosed end task, I can't delete
the downloaded xyz.paf.exe file.
Only when I restart the laptop then I can delete it.
Is there a work arround so that the apps *.paf.exe are running
under the desktop interface of Window8 Pro .

Thanks

Pin To Taskbar not really working with portable apps

Submitted by therock003 on February 16, 2013 - 9:55am

UPDATE: Feature added to PortableApps.com Platform in 2018

I have this problem where i pin the launcher in taskbar on win 8 but i get another icon running as well, since processes and launcers have different filenames. If i launch the process directly, it doesn't seem to load correct profile (chrome,firefox) and it launches a clean profile with no personal settings. What can i do so that the active window is the one on taskbar so i dont have 2 separate icons there?

Fonts

Submitted by ZenMasterPool on February 15, 2013 - 12:15pm

Hi all,

1. What kind of font support does exist by PortableApps platform/framework, in order to make TTF fonts available inside PortableApps to become available to either PortableApps applications or to non-portableApps already installed in PC ?

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