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Invalid Configuration Location error on startup

May 17, 2011 12:20 PM

I have just installed Flash Builder 4.5 on my Windows 7 Enterprise edition. I installed this using my username (not Administrator), which has local administrative rights. When I start the program, I'm getting the error

 

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Invalid Configuration Location

 

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The configuration area at 'C:\Users\Administrator\Adobe Flash Builder 4.5\cascaded\308971\configuration' could not be created.  Please choose a writable location using the '-configuration' command line option.

 

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OK  

 

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Any reason for this error and what's the workaround?

3657 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Ask_Math, Sep 5, 2012 10:35 AM
 
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  • C. Agruss (Adobe)
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    1. C. Agruss (Adobe),
    May 18, 2011 8:04 AM   in reply to DCAKen
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    Looks as if the eclipse/fb launch configuration is confused about which account to use on that machine. That path should be under your own profile as c:\Users\yourUserName\etc...

     

    Here are some things you could try:

    - launch FB 4.5 with the "Run as Administrator" option, by right-clicking the exe or the shortcut for it.

    - if that avoids the error, make sure it doesn't return after quitting and re-launching without "Run as administrator"

     

    Let us know what happens with that, and we can make further adjustments if needed.

     

    -Chris

     
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  • DCAKen
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    2. DCAKen,
    May 18, 2011 8:18 AM   in reply to C. Agruss (Adobe)
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    I can start it using "Run as Adminstrator", but then I can't access a drive that has been mapped to my user name. After I have sucessfully started it using "Run as Adminstrator", starting it normally gives me the same error pointing to the C:\Users\Administrator\... directory.

     
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  • edwinmerced
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    3. edwinmerced,
    Nov 14, 2011 9:50 AM   in reply to DCAKen
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    I am getting the same problem in OSX Lion.

    Any idea on how to fix on a Mac?

     

    Thank you

     
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  • BrianatArena
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    4. BrianatArena,
    Jan 24, 2012 12:30 PM   in reply to edwinmerced
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    Had the same problem in OSX. Used finder to go to the folder it was referring to. Opened the file info panel. Set the permissions to read and write. 

     
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  • Ask_Math
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    5. Ask_Math,
    Sep 5, 2012 10:35 AM   in reply to DCAKen
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    Hey there!

    Found a woraround to your problem...

     

    Go to your Flash Bulder install directory and then navigate to the eclipse folder (something like <FB_install_dir>\eclipse\...)

     

    There you will find a config file with the following lines (at the end of the file):

    osgi.configuration.area=@user.home/Documents/Adobe Flash Builder 4.5/cascaded/<build_number>/configuration

    osgi.shared.configuration.area=file\:configuration

    osgi.configuration.cascaded=true

     

    What you do is simply remove them. Afterwords when you start the Flash Builder again you will be prompted to enter a new directory to your workspace and everything will run smothly after that.

     

    Cheers!

     
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