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In previous editions of Windows you could hold Shift and then Right Click an application from the Start Menu and you would see the "Run as different user" option. In Windows 10 it just closes the menu.

I know if I do it from the desktop/file explorer it works but I would like to get this working from the Start Menu when you search applications.

throwayusername
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You need to enable a registry value to show Run as different user in the right-click menu (in Windows 10 Start screen). Copy the following lines to Notepad, and save the file with .REG extension -- for example: showrunas.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"ShowRunAsDifferentUserInStart"=dword:00000001

Then double-click showrunas.reg to apply the setting to the registry. Logoff and login back, or restart Explorer shell for the change to take effect.

Right-click on a Pinned item (pointing to a desktop app) in the Start screen, click More and click Run as different user.

w32sh
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