Windows’ built-in “Run-As” command allows you to launch a program as a different user account than the one currently active, However, runas.exe cannot be fully automated as it requires that the user typein the password for the alternate account. RunAsTool is portable freeware which allows standard users to run a specific program with administrator privileges without the need to enter the administrator password. This allows you to provide standard (non-admin) users with access to programs that require admin rights.

Under a restricted account, some programs may not run correctly due to missing administrator rights, therefore many users are given administrator accounts, making the system more vulnerable to malware, viruses and other security risks. With RunAsTool, you can correct this.

Being portable, RunAsTool does not require installation, allowing you to drop the program anywhere on the hard disk and run it directly. You can also copy RunAsTool to a USB flash drive or similar external storage unit, and run it on any computer. You can carry RunAsTool with you whenever you’re on the move.
The login information for the application like username and password are read from an encrypted file – You don’t have to worry about your Admin Password.

RunAsTool v1.4 – What’s New – (Tuesday, 02. October 2018)

1. [Fixed] – Import parameter doesn’t work on standard user
2. [Fixed] – Minor BUGs
3. [Added] – Standard user can resize the program GUI (With Mouse)

How to use

With RunAsTool there is no need to use a CMD prompt or any parameter in order to allow a standard user to run a program with admin rights. Just download, extract, and launch RunAsTool.

1) Administrators In standard user account:

Launch RunAsTool and choose an admin account (if there are more than one) and type in the associated admin password.

RunAsTool has two user interfaces (UI). One for administrator accounts and one for standard users. (Standard users aren’t able to use the admin UI). In the admin UI, you can easily drag and drop any program(s) into the UI in order to give it admin privileges. Standard users can also create application shortcuts.

RunAsTool has several useful options. For example, “Run with default rights”, “Run as limited user”, as well as the ability to show, hide, minimize, or maximize the launched window(s). As a security check, administrators can use “check the file size before run” feature. If a restricted user attempts to rename another program in order to run it with admin rights (a.k.a. “spoofing”), this option will prevent the user from doing so.

2) Administrators In Administrator user account:

Admins can easily add program(s), then right click it/them and create a shortcut on the standard user’s desktop.

Administrators can also easily import and export program lists. Just click File–>Menu and choose Import or Export. This is useful to create a list once and use it again later.

Standard users have two options to use an allowed program(s) with admin privileges.

1) In the RunAsTool restricted UI, double-click any program to run it with admin rights.

2) If the administrator has allowed it, a standard user may click any program and create their own shortcuts, so that there is no need to launch RunAsTool every time. They can also use any shortcut which the admin has already created for them.

How to import a backup file to multiple computers

To backup your settings please use “File – Export List” Feature , you will get a .rnt file like this “20180426_173736_RunAsTool.rnt” the first numbers Indicates the current date , to import the backup file silently run the Cmd with Administrator privileges and use the following command
RunAsTool.exe “/U=Admin” “/P=PassWord” “/I=Import.rnt”

Admin : Account Name
PassWord : Account Password
Import.rnt : Backup file name

To simplify the whole process you can use a cmd or Bat file and use an Account credentials temporarily in it.

Supported operating systems: Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 ,Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista , Windows Xp

Supported languages: English , Turkish , German , French , Spanish, Vietnamese, Greek , Indonesian , Russian , Japanase , Persian , Arabic , Polish , Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) , Hungarian , Korean , Slovenian

File: RunAsTool_x64.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: d06c0ec65e9ac9949acfe2a53dab615d
SHA1: 8e7a4fb260520ae87ca2c85bc87fa5e0cd078f33

File: RunAsTool.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 6b5476f295b473c56dae1407d00d56a5
SHA1: 17cb36b4ff816eeb97d7106933e6cad80f2920c3