The file *.pub cannot be opened. Access privileges have not been given.

[dfowler]

One of my client's can not open any Publisher(.pub) files on her PC.
She is receiving the following error message:

The file C:\Docs&Settings\username\Desktop\filename.pub cannot be
opened. Access privileges have not been given.


Now, I am fairly certain that this has something to with either her
user rights/permissions and/or group/local policy. I just can't seem to
pinpoint exactly where the problem exists. I have even temporarily
added the user to every admin group within AD and still nothing. I know
it has to be something directly related to her AD account because I can
login to her PC with my domain admin account and open the same file in
Publisher without any problem.

I am running a Windows 2000 Server as the PDC. Her machine is running
Windows 2000 Professional.


Any help or links that may help would be much appreciated.

Thank you for your time,

Dan Fowler
Senior LAN Support Specialist
ZyEdge LLC
www.zyedge.com

 

[dfowler]

/bump

 

[Mary Sauer]

Download FileMon and RegMon from
http://www.sysinternals.com/. Run them as administrator (when no
user is connected), start a TS session as a normal user and try to
run the application.

FileMon and RegMon will show you all "access denied" errors that
occur, so that you can give your users the necessary permissions on
a file-to file or Registry subkey basis.

 

[Ed Bennett]

/bump

Please refrain from doing this.
a) It makes you look selfish. Why should you take priority over those who
have asked their question politely
b) It makes you look stupid. The majority of regular posters here use a
newsreader such as Outlook Express. These applications do not sort by last
post date, but by first post date - i.e. when the thread was started.

 

[dfowler]

Thank you very much for the response Mary. I will try what you
suggested first thing in the morning.

Ed, this was my first post on these boards so I am not accustomed to
the thread system and/or how threads are organized. Other boards that I
have posted on regularly use the term /bump to make sure their thread
is seen to get attention before it gets washed in a flood of new posts.
A simple, "Please don't /bump" would have been sufficient enough to get
me to realize the honest mistake.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Ed, this was my first post on these boards so I am not accustomed to
the thread system and/or how threads are organized. Other boards that
I have posted on regularly use the term /bump to make sure their
thread is seen to get attention before it gets washed in a flood of
new posts.

I am aware of that, but it does not function for the people who answer the
most questions on this newsgroup.

A simple, "Please don't /bump" would have been sufficient
enough to get me to realize the honest mistake.

I thought I would explain why /bumping is a bad idea.

I personally despise bumping in all forums, as it shows that you think you
are so much more important than all the other posters on the board with
questions, but I am just like that generally.