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June 30, 2009
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Blank line in MSCONFIG connected to error 148:3?

  • June 30, 2009
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Install any Adobe CS4 product on a Windows OS and the software adds some number of Startup items to MSCONFIG including CS4ServiceManager, AdobeCollabSync and a blank line with no Startup file name or Command Line entry.

Until Adobe's products added those Startup items, I had no software loading from my MSCONFIG Startup group. The blank line was disconcerting so I unchecked it. That, apparently, triggered the dreaded "error 148:3" message about a licensing problem. That error can be resolved by running LicenseRecover.exe, a file available for download from somewhere on the Adobe.com site. However, as long as the blank line in MSCONFIG is unchecked, CS4 products will continue to not run and will continue to display the 148:3 error message.

So...what does the blank line in MSCONFIG do? What is it? How is it that Adobe can add an unnamed Startup item to MSCONFIG?

Jeff

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    July 2, 2009

    of course it's not a "blank" line... it has the reg key. go there via regedit and see what it is...

    pwillener
    Legend
    July 2, 2009

    If you really want to know what is behind the "blank line", don't use MSCONFIG, but something that shows you all, like Autoruns (click on the Logon tab).

    July 2, 2009

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_%28software%29

    SengstackAuthor
    Known Participant
    July 2, 2009

    Now it's clear what you meant when you wrote "Bonjour."

    MichaelKazlow
    Legend
    July 1, 2009

    This is not the place to discuss this. You might try the CS Windows forum. This forum is to discuss issues pertinent to the forums---not Adobe software support issues.

    SengstackAuthor
    Known Participant
    July 1, 2009

    Thanks for that suggestion. I have posted the message there.

    July 1, 2009

    Sengstack wrote:

    Thanks for that suggestion. I have posted the message there.

    Well it never appeared there. Maybe he was satisfied with my answer.


    (I wasn't bidding him good day!)

    June 30, 2009

    Bonjour.