SuRun

The description here is very outdated. Perhaps because the main site is in German (although it provides the appropriate link to Google Translate). SuRun is a program that mimics the linux commands, "sudo" and "su". It allows users to get the elevated privileges of the administrator. Just like in linux, the admin makes users "superusers" by putting them in the "sudoer" group in configuration settings, after you install SuRun, you configure users to become members of the "SuRun" group. When the need arises, they will be able to elevate their privileges, by providing a password. Windows grants privileges and permissions differently than linux, so although SuRun will elevate the privileges for the current user account. Unlike "su", it will not try to run programs as another "substitute user" account (like the administrator account). This means all registry entries and file system paths will remain just as the user expects them. SuRun does not violate privacy, security and access rights by trying to run things from another account. Everything is restricted to the specific, current user account. It's difficult to compare SuRun to Sudo, not least because some linux aficionados insist the "su" in Sudo (and/or Su) stands for "substitute user" not "super user". In regular use on linux, there's little reason for a linux "user" to be a substitute for any except the root account. SuRun definitely does not let any users "substitute" for any other user, it only grants extra permissions to run applications, asking if the applications should always run with administrator rights "automagically", and if it should do so without asking. In the Properties window in the Security tab, permissions for Groups and Individuals can be changed with checkboxes "Allow" and "Deny" to Modify, Read, Read & execute, Write, and Special permissions. Also "SYSTEM", to give or revoke the ability of certain applications or processes to modify others. All without entering Settings! So not only is this fantastic for Windows administrators, but single-user single account Windows PC users who want to troubleshoot an application, or delete or otherwise modify it, without having to learn arcane System Administration programs or commands. Just click a few checkboxes! I suppose there's a lot of opportunities to bork your system, but that's long been true for the "sudo" command as well.