Err Msg: The Process Cannot Switch to the Startup Current...
Article ID: 121406
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
This article was previously published under Q121406
3.10 3.50
WINDOWS
SYMPTOMS
When attempting to start a service from the Services portion of Control
Panel, the following error message may appear:
The process cannot switch to the startup current directory
<C:\WINNT>\SYSTEM32\. Select OK to set the current directory to C:\WINNT
or Cancel to exit.
NOTE: <C:\WINNT> is the location of the Windows NT system files.
After choosing OK, another message appears:
Could not start xxxx service on \\<ComputerName>
Error 0005: Access is Denied
NOTE: xxxx is the name of the service you are attempting to start and
<ComputerName> is the name of your computer.
CAUSE
You do not have the appropriate directory permissions to access the
SYSTEM32 directory.
RESOLUTION
To avoid these errors, the system administrator must grant you the
appropriate rights to the directories that contain files required to start
the services and any directories used by the services. (For example, the
Directory Replication service requires that the replication user account
has at least read and execute permissions for the SYSTEM32 directory).
Additional query words: prodnt 3.10
Keywords: KB121406