Error: Windows Cannot Access \\servername\deploy\Setup.exe when installing a workstation

When installing a workstation from the shared deploy folder you may encounter the following error
Error: Windows Cannot Access \\servername\deploy\Setup.exe when installing a workstation

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This error can occur when the Windows user account on the workstation does not have enough permissions to the deploy folder to execute the Setup executable.

Verify the Windows account running Setup.exe has the proper NTFS rights to the deploy folder
Unshare and reshare the deploy folder at the server.

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