What is ShellRunas.exe?

ShellRunas.exe is part of Sysinternals ShellRunAs and developed by Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com according to the ShellRunas.exe version information.

ShellRunas.exe's description is "Run as different user"

ShellRunas.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

ShellRunas.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\documents\comics\sysinternalssuite\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about ShellRunas.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ShellRunas.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSysinternals ShellRunAs
Company nameSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
File descriptionRun as different user
Internal nameShellRunas
Original filenameShellRunas
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2008 Mark Russinovich and Jon Schwartz
Product version1.01
File version1.01

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameSysinternals ShellRunAs
Company nameSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
File descriptionRun as different user
Internal nameShellRunas
Original filenameShellRunas
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2008 Mark Russinovich a..
Product version1.01
File version1.01

Digital signatures [?]

ShellRunas.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA
Certificate serial number610f784d000000000003

VirusTotal report

None of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ShellRunas.exe file.

None of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the ShellRunas.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56c7c5345ed337ed6b04e322a1de6da40
SHA2564386a9b0539dc4b216525f8acd28972cac5ddccf2db9623b8cc559b53f575072

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to shellrunas.exe:

shellrunas.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

shellrunas.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Run as different user has stopped working.

End Program - shellrunas.exe. This program is not responding.

shellrunas.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

shellrunas.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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