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Upon start-up: "Could not retrieve the 'My Documents' folder location..."

New Here ,
Jan 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2021

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Please help. I'm new to Premiere Pro, and just installed it, but every time I open the program I get the same error message (see attachment):

 

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From what I'm able to tell, I can still use Premiere as normal, but all my files get saved to a temporary folder, and I can't locate my currently existing files without great ordeal.

I've tried to reinstall, and also tried to manually create a folder called "My Documents" in several different places. Nothing seems to work 

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Community Expert , Jan 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2021

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Jan 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2021

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That sounds like a file/folder permissions issue. Premiere can't access that location.

 

So you will need to set the permissions for Premiere to "run as administrator" in Windows.

 

Neil

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Thank you very much, this seemed to work!

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Sep 19, 2021 Sep 19, 2021

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That didnt work for me.

My permissions switch was already off. 

I turned it on and than added PP21 as an acepted app and still it does it error box on startup. 

 

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that really worked. am grateful

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