Loading .lsp File Issue AutoCAD 2020 Windows 10

[Anonymous]

I am attempting to load a .lsp file on AutoCAD 2020 after recently switching from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Historically, I would have to run AutoCAD as an administrator to load the file and have all my customizations load properly. This was never an issue when I was running Windows 7.

Now with Windows 10, I attempted to run as and administrator to load my .lsp file and when I go to search for the file, I can only access files stored locally on my computer. All of the customizations are stored on my work's server so they can be maintained and updated for everyone all at once.

When running AutoCAD normally, I can find the .lsp and access my work's network drive, but since I am not running as an admin, the operation errors out since I don't have rights to update the program. Any thoughts on why I can't access outside my local drives when running as an admin on AutoCAD 2020 on Windows 10?

[rapidcad]

@Anonymous

You should not need to run AutoCAD as an administrator anymore - that should be handled by your settings and the way any programs are registered on your computer. We had to edit some of the properties of some of the arx files we use (DOSLIB by McNeel for example) by changing their Advanced Security Settings in Windows10.  There was an involved process we went through to allow full control to the .dll file, but that may have been because of the way the file was being placed by our automation on our Win10 machines. Since then we have straightened out these permissions issues mostly by using normal installer packages.

Since your problems are supposed to be with lisp files, you should only have to place the files in a folder that you have permissions to access and then put that folder in your Support File Search Path, then add the folder to your "Trusted Locations" and it should allow the normal methods of loading (calling from a tool button, APPLOAD, MNL, ACADDOC.lsp, etc..).

Did you change AutoCAD versions also, or is this only a change from Win7 to Win10? Other things can affect the permissions especially if you were moving up from a previous AutoCAD version.

[Sea-Haven]

We ran almost all lsp off server never a problem have you set up the support search path to look on the server ? Also trusted locations.

Like Rapidcad

Config 

Files 

Support files

& Trusted locations

[pendean]

Did you just forget to do this for your LISP folder(s) https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoC...

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the feedback. It did seem to be a combination of giving rights within Windows and adding the network drives as trusted paths when not running as and admin. When running as an admin, I was then able to see the file path I needed.

Thank you again for the help!

[rapidcad]

@Anonymous 

You might consider logging is as Admin and then granting read rights to your personal user login account if nothing gets written back to those folders anyway.