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docs/docs/gsudo-vs-sudo.md

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title: Comparison betweeh gsudo and Windows sudo
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title: Comparison with Microsoft sudo
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# Comparison between gsudo and Microsoft sudo
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`gsudo` was born in 2019 as a productivity tool and is open-source. It has been downloaded over 700k times so far and has enjoyed a warm reception from users.
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Microsoft initially declined to create a similar tool, citing security concerns. However `gsudo`'s documentation [challenged this view](security.md) arguing that absolute security is unattainable without altering Windows itself, and that the default same-desktop UAC is not completely secure either.
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## What if I install both?
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If you have both Microsoft's `Sudo for Windows` and `gsudo` installed, they both should work independently.
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If you have both Microsoft Sudo and `gsudo` installed, they both should work independently.
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The `sudo` keyword will run Microsoft's sudo instead of `gsudo` because the typical install of `Sudo for Windows` (which is via a Windows Insider build) puts it in `c:\Windows\System32\sudo.exe`. This folder appears first in the `PATH` environment variable, therefore when running `sudo`, the Microsoft `sudo.exe` will take precedence over gsudo's `sudo` alias.

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<header className={clsx('hero hero--primary', styles.heroBanner)}>
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<h1 className="hero__title">{siteConfig.title}</h1>
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<h1 className="hero__title">gsudo (sudo for Windows)</h1>
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<p className="hero__subtitle">{siteConfig.tagline}</p>
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