Application-level configuration folder

Because it is in the application level, nonadministrative users do not have write access to this directory. Typical paths to this folder are as follows:

• In Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista, browse to boot drive\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\language\Configuration\.

• On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Flash CS3/Configuration/.

First Run folder

This sibling to the application-level configuration folder facilitates sharing configuration files among users of the same computer. Folders and files in the First Run folder are automatically copied to the user-level configuration folder. Any new files placed in the First Run folder are copied to the user-level configuration folder when you start the application.

Typical paths to the First Run folder are as follows:

• In Windows XP or Vista, browse to boot drive\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\language\First Run\.

• On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Flash CS3/First Run/.

User-level configuration folder

Found in the user profile area, this folder is always writable by the current user. Typical paths to this folder are as follows:

• In Windows XP or Vista, browse to boot drive\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS3\language\Configuration.

• On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash CS3/language/Configuration/.

  Note: Flash for Windows uses the Local Settings folder for the user-level configuration files. This use differs from Flash MX and the rest of the Studio MX family (including Dreamweaver MX 2004), which all use the Roaming Profile configuration folder for user-level configuration files. Roaming profiles allow network users to automatically store their configuration settings on a network server, and then move to different workstations on the network and always have an application load the same configuration files. The Local Settings folder differs from the Roaming Profile folder in that when the network is set up, files in Local Settings are not saved to a server to support roaming profiles.

All-user-level configuration folder

Found in the common user profile area, this folder is part of the standard Windows and Macintosh operating system installations and is shared by all users of a particular computer. The operating system makes available to all users of the computer any files placed in this folder. Typical paths to this folder are as follows:

• In Windows XP or Vista, browse to boot drive\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS3\language\Configuration\.

• On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/Application Support/Adobe/Flash CS3/language/Configuration/.

Restricted Users configuration folder

For users with restricted privileges on a workstation, typically, in a networked environment, only system administrators have administrative access to workstations. All other users are given restricted access, which usually means that these users can’t write to application-level files (such as the Program Files directory in Windows or the Applications folder in Macintosh OS X).