Invalid Configuration Location error on startup

[DCAKen]

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?

[C__Agruss__Adobe_]

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

[DCAKen]

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.

[edwinmerced]

I am getting the same problem in OSX Lion.

Any idea on how to fix on a Mac?

Thank you

[BrianatArena]

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. 

[Ask_Math]

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!

[jamilaa17662844]

This worked perfectly. Thank you!!