Thank you VERY MUCH for your reply, I don't know why I didn't get an e-mail notice when you replied to this post, so I appoligize for my late response.
I am logged in to the server with the backup exec services account when trying to set up these folders. and yes I can get to the UNC path & the mapped drive without issue.
Originally when I started this I was using UNC paths but couldn't get that to work either. The error I get witha UNC path is "The path contains the invalid character.." It doesn't say what character and if I cut and paste this exact path in my run line the unc path opens flawlessly. I've tried unc paths to shared drives and administrative shares. Same errors and nothing working.
If I type a UNC path in the 'Path:' line and click on the browse button I receive the follwing error...
"\\tsclient is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The request is not supported."