If you right-click on your Fireworks launch icon (start menu, desktop, quick
launch etc.), select 'Properties', select 'Compatibility' and then under the
section 'Privilege Level', put a tick in the box 'Run this program as
administrator'.

This will sort the problem. You will still have a Windows UAC message come up
(unless you have turned off UAC) but Fireworks will not load correctly.

On Jan 23, 9:06*am, "legrant" <webforumsu...@macromedia.com> wrote:
> If you right-click on your Fireworks launch icon (start menu, desktop, quick
> launch etc.), select 'Properties', select 'Compatibility' and then under the
> section 'Privilege Level', put a tick in the box 'Run this program as
> administrator'.
>
> *This will sort the problem. *You will still have a Windows UAC message come up
> (unless you have turned off UAC) but Fireworks will not load correctly.

I had the same problem but I also did something else, and this solved
the problem all together.
After you "select 'Properties', select 'Compatibility' and then under
the
section 'Privilege Level', put a tick in the box 'Run this program as
administrator'." Open fireworks you still will get the UAC message,
click accept to this message, and let fireworks load.
After it has loaded one time as administrator close down Fireworks and
restore the "Privilege Level" back to normal,
(what it was before you changed the "'Properties', select
'Compatibility' and then under the
section 'Privilege Level', put a tick in the box 'Run this program as
administrator').

Now try Fireworks once again in it should not bring the original
dialog box again.

Basically what you need to do is run Fireworks one time as
Administrator level and then back as normal
as any administrative user to solve this problem. I have done this on
3 computers and it worked fine
always.

PS I am using Vista home premium.

James

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