Microsoft KB Archive/157334

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PRB: Error Message "Invalid Working Directory"
Last reviewed: November 27, 1996

Article ID: Q157334

The information in this article applies to:


 * Softimage 3D for Windows NT, version 3.51

SYMPTOMS
If Softimage 3D seems to be hanging, use Alt+Tab to access the license manager and verify the error message.

The following error message appears:

"Invalid Working Directory"

CAUSE
You are running as administrator.

RESOLUTION
You must have at least one valid user account other than "administrator" that you can run Softimage 3D from. The environment variables in the SETENV.BAT look for %USERNAME% and errors occur if no user exists. Complete the steps for Creating a Softimage 3D User Account.

How To Create a Softimage 3D User Account
To properly execute Softimage 3D v3.51 for Windows NT, you must log on as a valid Windows NT user and not as an Administrator. To log on as a user, follow these steps:

 Log on as Administrator. From the Administrative Tools group, start User Manager. On the User menu, choose New User.  Enter information to create a new user. Sample New User dialog box: Username:  (any name you prefer) Full Name: (optional) Description: User Password:  (optional)

The New User dialog box allows you to set the user environment profile for your system. From here, you configure the location of the user's  home directory. Softimage 3D needs to save the DatabaseDir.rsrc file in  the user's home directory. 

How To Set the User Environment Profile

 * 1) Click Profile. The User Profile dialog box appears.
 * 2) In the Local Path box, type c:\users\%username%. Where C: is the partition where your Windows NT workstation is installed.
 * 3) Click OK to accept and close the dialog box.
 * 4) Click OK to close the New User dialog box.

A directory is created under C:\USERS that contains the same name as the user's logon account.