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3428634 - IDT fails to launch with an error "The configuration area at <path> could not be created."

Symptom

Information Design Tool (IDT) fails to launch with the following error:

The configuration area at C:\Program Files(x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\config\.businessobjects\bimodeler_14\config could not be created. Please choose a writable location using the '-configuration' command line option.


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Environment

  • SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence(BI) Platform 4.3.x
  • Information Design Tool (IDT)
  • Windows

Keywords

launch, fail, IDT, eclipse, bimodeler_14, -configuration, config , KBA , BI-BIP-INS , Installation, Updates, Upgrade, Patching , BI-BIP-IDT , Information design tool , Problem

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