Extract the SDK sample files (excluding the ArcGIS Engine SDK for C++ samples, see note below) to another folder that the user has access to. You can then work with the SDK samples out of this alternate folder or move the extracted folder contents back to the default location. Note: Extract the ArcGIS Engine SDK for C++ sample files to another folder that the user has access to. Then move these samples to C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ in order to run them.