Cannot Print PDF files (Acrobat 7) with Windows Vista Home Premuim UAC security

**Anilrgowda** · 05-Mar-2007, 10:45 PM

Question: I recently purchased a new latop with Windows Vista Home Premium, and I am having a problem with creating PDF files from Explorer 7.0 content. When I try to print a web page to a PDF fiel using Acrobat 7.0 (Distiller), I am presented with "'You don't have permission to save in this location". My account has administratror status, and I have full control over the directories in question. It acutally does not matter what folder I try to save the PDF file in, the system will not allow it.

The problem seems to be tied to the Explorer.exe process, as I have no problem printing PDF files to any location on the hard disk with other programs (e.g., Word). I am a bit leery to give the Explorer program more access rights to folders using the UAC model. But, the only way I have been able to print a web page to a PDF file is to disable UAC completely and reboot.

**Anilrgowda** · 05-Mar-2007, 11:03 PM

Apparently turning off "Run in protected mode", in tools-->options-->security, also makes this work, but once again, I would guess highly inadvisable.
Protected mode affects all addons, and prevents anything from writing outside the temporary internet files folder.

More info on protected mode
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/09/20/471975.aspx

More people suffering
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc30676
One person noted
"My work around is to use the Convert Current Page to Acrobat button from the Acrobat toolbar in IE."

05-Mar-2007, 10:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,715 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Cannot Print PDF files (Acrobat 7) with Windows Vista Home Premuim UAC security Question: I recently purchased a new latop with Windows Vista Home Premium, and I am having a problem with creating PDF files from Explorer 7.0 content. When I try to print a web page to a PDF fiel using Acrobat 7.0 (Distiller), I am presented with "'You don't have permission to save in this location". My account has administratror status, and I have full control over the directories in question. It acutally does not matter what folder I try to save the PDF file in, the system will not allow it. The problem seems to be tied to the Explorer.exe process, as I have no problem printing PDF files to any location on the hard disk with other programs (e.g., Word). I am a bit leery to give the Explorer program more access rights to folders using the UAC model. But, the only way I have been able to print a web page to a PDF file is to disable UAC completely and reboot.

05-Mar-2007, 11:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,715 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Re: Cannot Print PDF files (Acrobat 7) with Windows Vista Home Premuim UAC security Apparently turning off "Run in protected mode", in tools-->options-->security, also makes this work, but once again, I would guess highly inadvisable. Protected mode affects all addons, and prevents anything from writing outside the temporary internet files folder. More info on protected mode http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/09/20/471975.aspx More people suffering http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc30676 One person noted "My work around is to use the Convert Current Page to Acrobat button from the Acrobat toolbar in IE."

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