Access Denied When Trying to Delete a Virtual Substituted Drive (258625)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
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

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2003
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb kbshell KB258625
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