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Accessing Shares and Network Folders as an admin or different account then who is logged in.

Hello there. I am frequently setting up users on our network. We have an IT folder that is tied down pretty good. If I need to access this folder as an network admin while logged in as a normal user, how do I go about doing so.


I thought maybe running windows explorer as an admin but it didn't work.
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also, you could try this:

1) kill explorer.exe from task manager
2) click run, type cmd, hit ok
3) in the command prompt type in: runas /user:domain\administrator explorer.exe

this will open up explorer as the domain admin.  you should be able to access all the shares

also, if you get some error about exploer, you might have to navigate to: c:\windows\system32 in the command prompt
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i've never tested the suggestion Journer describe, but I follow the logic and suppose it may work...

that said, if you pursue that solution don't forget to KILL explorer again when you're done, then launch it again (minus the RUNAS stuff.)  Otherwise you'll leave the host in a state where the local user will continue to have explorer.exe admin privs until he/she logs off...
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Journers way is the way I normally go. Just use \ instead of slashes.
You could also map a network drive with different credentials.
You cou also start internet explorer with different credentials (runas) and use it as a file browser, this is a common trick. You will not need to kill explorer.exe that way.