API -> CreateProcessWithLogon [ Library : advapi32.dll, Category : Security ] [C#, VB, VB.net]

CreateProcessWithLogon

Library : advapi32.dll Category : Security

Api Example(s)
How To Start a Process as Another User from Visual Basic

API Description :

The CreateProcessWithLogonW function creates a new process and its primary thread. The new process then runs the specified executable file in the security context of the specified credentials (user, domain, and password). It can optionally load the user p

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function CreateProcessWithLogon Lib "Advapi32" Alias "CreateProcessWithLogonW" (ByVal lpUsername As Long, ByVal lpDomain As Long, ByVal lpPassword As Long, ByVal dwLogonFlags As Long, ByVal lpApplicationName As Long, ByVal lpCommandLine As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, lpProcessInfo As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long

Parameters :

· lpUsername 
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the user. This is the name of the user account to log on to. If you use the UPN format, user@DNS_domain_name, the lpDomain parameter must be NULL. 
The user account must h

Return :

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

OS Requirement :

Requires Windows 2000 or later
Win9x/ME: Not supported

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