Pass parameters to program started with Runas












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I am trying to start Performance monitor as different user. I found runas.exe but syntax for program arguments makes me go crazy.
The following syntax works:




C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:domainusername perfmon.exe




But since perfmon.exe has the argument /res the following line doesn't work:




C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:domainusername perfmon.exe /res




I tried to escape /res but without any success. I tried:



"/res"
"/res""
"/res""


Any ideas?










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  • The answer below is correct. This is just an example: C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:yourusername "perfmon.exe /res"

    – Epoxy
    Mar 21 '18 at 10:11


















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I am trying to start Performance monitor as different user. I found runas.exe but syntax for program arguments makes me go crazy.
The following syntax works:




C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:domainusername perfmon.exe




But since perfmon.exe has the argument /res the following line doesn't work:




C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:domainusername perfmon.exe /res




I tried to escape /res but without any success. I tried:



"/res"
"/res""
"/res""


Any ideas?










share|improve this question

























  • The answer below is correct. This is just an example: C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:yourusername "perfmon.exe /res"

    – Epoxy
    Mar 21 '18 at 10:11
















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I am trying to start Performance monitor as different user. I found runas.exe but syntax for program arguments makes me go crazy.
The following syntax works:




C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:domainusername perfmon.exe




But since perfmon.exe has the argument /res the following line doesn't work:




C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:domainusername perfmon.exe /res




I tried to escape /res but without any success. I tried:



"/res"
"/res""
"/res""


Any ideas?










share|improve this question
















I am trying to start Performance monitor as different user. I found runas.exe but syntax for program arguments makes me go crazy.
The following syntax works:




C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:domainusername perfmon.exe




But since perfmon.exe has the argument /res the following line doesn't work:




C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:domainusername perfmon.exe /res




I tried to escape /res but without any success. I tried:



"/res"
"/res""
"/res""


Any ideas?







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  • The answer below is correct. This is just an example: C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:yourusername "perfmon.exe /res"

    – Epoxy
    Mar 21 '18 at 10:11





















  • The answer below is correct. This is just an example: C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:yourusername "perfmon.exe /res"

    – Epoxy
    Mar 21 '18 at 10:11



















The answer below is correct. This is just an example: C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:yourusername "perfmon.exe /res"

– Epoxy
Mar 21 '18 at 10:11







The answer below is correct. This is just an example: C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user:yourusername "perfmon.exe /res"

– Epoxy
Mar 21 '18 at 10:11












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The correct syntax is to include both the target executable and its parameters in double quotes like this:




runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe /res"



runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe "argument with spaces" /res"






More Information




  • Runas command






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  • What if the arguments contain spaces? how do you escape quotes around each argument? Just tried with " and it worked

    – Adam
    Jan 11 at 19:26













  • Feel free to edit the answer if you'd like to expand on that!

    – Twisty Impersonator
    Jan 11 at 20:58











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The correct syntax is to include both the target executable and its parameters in double quotes like this:




runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe /res"



runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe "argument with spaces" /res"






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  • What if the arguments contain spaces? how do you escape quotes around each argument? Just tried with " and it worked

    – Adam
    Jan 11 at 19:26













  • Feel free to edit the answer if you'd like to expand on that!

    – Twisty Impersonator
    Jan 11 at 20:58
















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The correct syntax is to include both the target executable and its parameters in double quotes like this:




runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe /res"



runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe "argument with spaces" /res"






More Information




  • Runas command






share|improve this answer


























  • What if the arguments contain spaces? how do you escape quotes around each argument? Just tried with " and it worked

    – Adam
    Jan 11 at 19:26













  • Feel free to edit the answer if you'd like to expand on that!

    – Twisty Impersonator
    Jan 11 at 20:58














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The correct syntax is to include both the target executable and its parameters in double quotes like this:




runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe /res"



runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe "argument with spaces" /res"






More Information




  • Runas command






share|improve this answer















The correct syntax is to include both the target executable and its parameters in double quotes like this:




runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe /res"



runas.exe /user:domainusername "perfmon.exe "argument with spaces" /res"






More Information




  • Runas command







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  • What if the arguments contain spaces? how do you escape quotes around each argument? Just tried with " and it worked

    – Adam
    Jan 11 at 19:26













  • Feel free to edit the answer if you'd like to expand on that!

    – Twisty Impersonator
    Jan 11 at 20:58



















  • What if the arguments contain spaces? how do you escape quotes around each argument? Just tried with " and it worked

    – Adam
    Jan 11 at 19:26













  • Feel free to edit the answer if you'd like to expand on that!

    – Twisty Impersonator
    Jan 11 at 20:58

















What if the arguments contain spaces? how do you escape quotes around each argument? Just tried with " and it worked

– Adam
Jan 11 at 19:26







What if the arguments contain spaces? how do you escape quotes around each argument? Just tried with " and it worked

– Adam
Jan 11 at 19:26















Feel free to edit the answer if you'd like to expand on that!

– Twisty Impersonator
Jan 11 at 20:58





Feel free to edit the answer if you'd like to expand on that!

– Twisty Impersonator
Jan 11 at 20:58


















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