Running PowerShell as another user, and launching a script

Solution 1:

You can open a new powershell window under a specified user credential like this:

start powershell -credential ""

Solution 2:

I found this worked for me.

$username = 'user'
$password = 'password'

$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $username, $securePassword
Start-Process Notepad.exe -Credential $credential

Updated: changed to using single quotes to avoid special character issues noted by Paddy.

Solution 3:

Here's also nice way to achieve this via UI.

0) Right click on PowerShell icon when on task bar

1) Shift + right click on Windows PowerShell

2) "Run as different user"