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Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 01:20:37 +0200
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Subject: Re: Run explorer.exe with Cygwin newgrp(1) - same user but different
 primary group
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From: Dan Shelton via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On Wed, 29 May 2024 at 15:41, Bill Stewart via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM Dan Shelton wrote:
>
>
> > Does anyone know how to run Windows explorer.exe with Cygwin
> > /bin/newgrp, so all new files created by explorer.exe use that new
> > primary group, and all programs launched by explorer.exe use that same
> > primary group?
> >
>
> As I understand it, Explorer always starts unelevated as the current user.
> This is by design for security reasons.

How can someone run explorer as Admin then?

FYI winsg -c eng4grp -c 'explorer /nouacheck /separate' does not work.

Dan
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Dan Shelton - Cluster Specialist Win/Lin/Bsd

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