Microsoft KB Archive/319777

= You Cannot Run a Program File with Only Execute Access =

Article ID: 319777

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q319777



SYMPTOMS
If only the &quot;Traverse Folder/Execute File&quot; permission is assigned to a program file, you receive an &quot;Access denied&quot; error message when you try to start the program.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Windows requires Read permissions to open the program file.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time   Version      Size     File name --  05-Apr-2002  00:33  5.1.2600.41  898,560  Kernel32.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: kbBaseOS

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kboswin2000fix kbwin2000presp3fix kbwinxpsp1fix KB319777

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