https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=01a015fc-a73e-732d-afa5-fe066f1f58db DisplayFusion RSS: Shift + Right Click Run As A Different User Pinned DP Taskbar Icons Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:26:51 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=01a015fc-a73e-732d-afa5-fe066f1f58db https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/shift-right-click-run-as-a-different-user-pinned-dp-taskbar-icons/?ID=01a015fc-a73e-732d-afa5-fe066f1f58db#2 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:31:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/shift-right-click-run-as-a-different-user-pinned-dp-taskbar-icons/?ID=01a015fc-a73e-732d-afa5-fe066f1f58db#2 DisplayFusion I've added your info to an open request for a "Run as different user" option on the DisplayFusion taskbar shortcuts.

Meantime, I'm surprised the workaround doesn't work. Does it work if you try it with something other than the AD MMC, like just having it run mspaint.exe or something like that? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/shift-right-click-run-as-a-different-user-pinned-dp-taskbar-icons/?ID=01a015fc-a73e-732d-afa5-fe066f1f58db Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:47:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/shift-right-click-run-as-a-different-user-pinned-dp-taskbar-icons/?ID=01a015fc-a73e-732d-afa5-fe066f1f58db DisplayFusion I've looked through discussions and could only find one from 2015 about this and the solution wouldn't work for me.
The ability to Shift+Right Click > Run As A Different User doesn't exist for programs pinned to DP taskbars. I'd love to be able to launch the Active Directory Users and Computers module from a pinned taskbar icon instead of a desktop icon every time. Is there any way to configure the pinned taskbar icon to either prompt for credentials at launch or open and run with admin account credentials?
I'm in IT for work. We have our regular account we log into our ocmputers with. We have seperate domain admin accounts. I have the AD module installed on my work computer and launch it with my admin account so I don't have to constantly jump into a server to access AD. The attached image is a screenshot of how the shortcut settings are configured when I right click > Edit this Pinned Item.
Checking the box for Launch application as Administrator does not work. I'm a local admin on machine so it lauches AD under my standard domain users account that I'm logged in with which doesn't have domain admin permissions. I've tried the solution I found here https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/shift-right-click-run-as-different-user/?ID=3e9cf873-a64c-475d-838d-48f6bdcc27ba but it doesn't work. It popped a cmd prompt window asking for credentials. When I entered them the window disapepared but AD never opened.
Any help would be appreciated. ]]>