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Macromedia Issues

If you're having problems launching Macromedia apps, there are a a few possible causes. Most of these don't become problematic unless you're trying to launch the application as a non-admin user.

Is KeyClient operating correctly on your machine?
Verify that /Library/Application Support/Macrovision/AuthenticationService is set-UID root.
Verify that /Library/Preferences/Macrovision/SafeCast/Product Licenses/BD6FA000.dat is world writable

For your convenience, here are the cut and pastable commands to fix the 2nd and 3rd case mentioned above:

sudo chown root:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Macrovision/AuthenticationService
sudo chmod u+s /Library/Application\ Support/Macrovision/AuthenticationService

sudo chmod 666 /Library/Preferences/Macrovision/SafeCast/Product\ Licenses/BD6FA000.dat

The following files were originally set as world writable in Macromedia 8 apps:

/Applications/Macromedia Dreamweaver 8/Configuration/version.xml
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Dreamweaver 8.0/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Dreamweaver 8.0/Activation.mlf
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Dreamweaver 8.0/Registration.mlf
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Dreamweaver 8.0/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Dreamweaver 8.0/Installer.mlf
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Dreamweaver 8.0/License.mlf
/Library/Application Support/MindVision/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Flash 8.0 Pro/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Flash 8.0 Pro/Activation.mlf
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Flash 8.0 Pro/Registration.mlf
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Flash 8 Video Encoder 1.0/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Flash 8 Video Encoder 1.0/Installer.mlf
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Flash 8 Video Encoder 1.0/License.mlf
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Flash 8.0/
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Flash 8.0/Installer.mlf
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Flash 8.0/License.mlf

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