Run As..." feature broken

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Patrick Connor

Is the "Run As..." feature broken as far as environment goes?

Running Windows XP, SP1

On my desktop I created a shortcut to an application, then chose "Run as" and suggested a
different (low permissions) user. The "Run As..." feature did not set up the user
environment correctly and so the app failed as that user did not have write access to my
TMP folder. Curiously creating a shortcut to CMD.exe and choosing "Run As" the environment
is set up correctly. Running the program from this command prompt worked fine.

Is this a known problem with "Run as..."? are there workarounds without logging on as that
user or using the command prompt?


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Patrick Connor
Serif (Europe) Ltd
Senior Software Engineer
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Serif (Europe) Ltd
The Software Centre
12 Wilford Ind Est
Nottingham
NG11 7EP
United Kingdom
www.serif.com
 
Curiously in a debug build of the app the environment is set up, but a release build it is
not.

Any clues?
 
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