Run as Admin "Error Path not found" on network install

[VoteQuimby]

I'm attempting to install several apps on a workstation as a user listed under the "Users" group on XP Pro. On a mapped network drive I right-click the .exe and select Run as. I choose the administrator and type in the password. I receive an error stating that the path could not be found and that it doesn't not exist. I've tried this with several .exes and have had no luck.

 

[RVA3]

Fist you have to check you are also in the group Administrator with the rights to run as /connect to a port in null modem status. If you are User and not in the group of Administrators, then you have to ask your System Keeper/Supervisor.

 

[KB]

You say this is a mapped drive so lets say it is drive T:

When you perform a "runas" you are running a process not just with the security credentials of another user, but also with a different users profile. This user does not have a mapped drive T:

So runas tries to run T:\folder\file.exe and can't find it because it as no mapped drives at all. Try running from a UNC path. Also if this is a local administrator account it won't have access to the server so use a domain account with admin rights on the local box.