I'm having a strange issue with Windows Explorer on Windows 7 Professional.
When I try to open it up under different user credentials, I get the following error message:
The results are the same whether I try it from the context menu or by using runas /user:DOMAIN\User explorer.exe
However, if I open up a Command Prompt (using runas.exe) the behavior is a bit different:
- Typing in just
explorer
orexplorer.exe
results in the same error. - Typing in
explorer C:
orexplorer /E,...
doesn't run anything. I'm dropped right back to the prompt. The Explorer process doesn't start.
Has anyone seen this behavior before? If so, how can I go about changing it?
Best Answer
First of all, thank you everyone for the responses.
An update on this. If I make the target domain user a local administrator, I'm able to start Explorer with runas command. However, the new instance of explorer does not start under a different user's credentials.
Apparently, starting with Vista, MS no longer allows multiple instances of explorer.exe with different credentials. It was mentioned here
Anyway, I'm officially giving up on it and looking for a standalone explorer replacement which can be run with RunAs.