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Asked: 2026-05-25T12:05:56+00:00

I wondered how psexec.exe by sysinternals executes a process as a SYSTEM user. I

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I wondered how psexec.exe by sysinternals executes a process as a SYSTEM user.
I need to run a tool under a SYSTEM process, but I don’t really know how to do that without registering it as a service.

Does anyone have an idea ?

p.s. I would really prefer to do it with WINAPI (C++). Thanks! 🙂

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  1. Editorial Team

    psexec operates by creating a phantom, behind-the-scenes Windows service named “psexesvc” that is then removed after the operation completes.

    Details are here: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/PsExec-Nasty-Things-It-Can-Do.html

    Perhaps your tool could call psexec to run a process?

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