Disabling Execute Permission Causes Irrelevant Error Messages
Article ID: 125801
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
This article was previously published under Q125801
SYMPTOMS
When you run a program under File Manager from a Windows NT file system
(NTFS) partition, and the program has the Execute permission disabled, the
following error message appears:
Cannot Run Program
Not enough memory to start the specified application.
Quit one or more applications, and then try again.
When you run the program from Program Manager, the following error message
appears:
Application Execution Error
Insufficient memory to run this application; close one or more
Windows applications and try again.
When you run the program from the MS-DOS Command Prompt (CMD.EXE), the
following error message appears:
Access is denied.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Steps to Reproduce Problem
- Start File Manager and highlight an executable file (*.EXE) on an
NTFS partition.
- From the Security menu, choose Permissions.
- In the Type of Access box choose select Special Access.
- Select all options except for Execute.
- Run the program from File Manager, Program Manager, or the MS-DOS
Command Prompt.
Additional query words: prodnt winfile
Keywords: KB125801