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Company:

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Product:

Macromedia Contribute 2.0

Category:

Web Page Design

Problems:

When using Pan-Am's Lockdown tool or a Group Policy setting that permits only allowed applications, launching Contribute 2 with a limited account will display a pop-up window:

Error::CreateProcess
%userprofile%\locals~1\temp\~exxxxx.tmp: Access is denied.

Contribute 2 creates and uses temporary executables as part of its startup process. These are deleted when the program exits.

Workarounds:

If you use the Lockdown tool, grant Execute permissions to the %temp% folder using a command line before launching Contribute 2:

cacls "%temp%" /e /g %userdomain%\%username%:F

You do not need to switch to an administrator account to use this command. If using a Group Policy setting or other tool that restricts applications, you may need to grant exceptions for applications with names similar to "~e*.tmp" so it can run.

WARNING: Other unwanted applications residing in %temp% may be permitted to launch after making this change. Regularly cleaning out %temp% using the Disk Cleanup Wizard (Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Disk Cleanup) will help prevent this.

References:

http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_19232

Hands-on testing

Submitted:

7/7/2006

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