Runas Windows Explorer in Windows 7

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Hi All,

Having a strange issue with Windows Explorer on Windows 7 Professional.

When I try to open it up under different user credentials, I get the following error message:

Windows Cannot access the specified device,path...

Results are the same whether I try it from the context menu or by using runas /user:DOMAIN\User explorer.exe

However, if I open up a command prompt (using runas.exe) the behavior is a bit different:

typing in just explorer or explorer.exe results in the same error.
typing in explorer C: or explorer /E,... doesn't run anything. I'm dropped right back to the prompt. explorer process doesn't start.

Has anyone seen this behavior before? If so, how can I go about changing it.

Thanks.

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