Microsoft KB Archive/258625

= Access Denied When Trying to Delete a Virtual Substituted Drive =

Article ID: 258625

Article Last Modified on 2/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q258625



SYMPTOMS
When you try to remove a virtual drive that was created by using the subst command, you may receive an "Access denied" error message. This behavior occurs if you are using a domain user account.



CAUSE
There are restrictions in Windows 2000 on what operations can be performed on operating system-level objects. Allowing the subst command to work would open up other security holes, such as being able to destroy the drive C object.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, see this article which contains a hotfix to resolve this issue:

265351 Substituted Drives Are Persistent for Users on a Computer

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbshell KB258625

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