Access to specified path denied when using 'Run as"

From: Steve L. (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:31:02 -0700

I have a windows 2k box that is on our domain, and if I am at the Pc with the user logged in, they don't have local admin rights, I try to run a setup.exe file off of a cd to install a program, it prompts me to either put in the admin account password, or to try to run it as the local user. If I put in the local admin password after selecting to use the administrator account, I get the error "Access to the specified path is denied". The only way I can get it to work is if I login locally as the admin, or as myself, I'm part of a group that we have to add to the pc for local admin rights.

Any ideas? I saw something on technet about the 'shortcut' not being enclosed in quotes or something, but this is just browsing to the cd in explorer and double-clicking the setup file.

Thanks in advance.

Steve L.

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