Article ID: 319777
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
This article was previously published under Q319777
SYMPTOMS
If only the "Traverse Folder/Execute File" permission is assigned to a program file, you receive an "Access denied" 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.
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