You cannot assign roles to a user even though you have the Assign Role privilege in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

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1. On the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 server, click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRM
3. Right-click MSCRM, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Name this DWORD value AllowRoleAssignInAdminMode.
5. Right-click AllowRoleAssignInAdminMode, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
7. On the File menu, click Exit.

Note: Even though we follow these steps we use to forget one operation refered in the article.

User should be provided with administrative access mode.


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