PRB: "Permission Denied" Error Message When You Start Orchestration Designer (326144)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000
  • Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002
This article was previously published under Q326144

SYMPTOMS

When you try to start the BizTalk Orchestration Designer, you may receive the following error message:
Problem in General.startVisio
Error Number: 70
Error Description: Permission denied
After you click OK to dismiss this error message, you receive the following error message:
BizTalk Orchestration Designer cannot start Microsoft Visio.

Check your Visio installation and try starting BizTalk
Orchestration Designer again.
After you click OK to dismiss this error message, the BizTalk Orchestration Designer closes.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the user who is trying to start the BizTalk Orchestration Designer does not have the "Allow Access" permission for Distributed COM (DCOM) applications.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, add the user who is trying to start the BizTalk Orchestration Designer to the list of users who are permitted access to applications that do not provide their own settings. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type DCOMCNFG, and then click OK.
  2. On the Default Security tab, click Edit Default.
  3. In the Names list, click the user, the users, the group, or the groups.
  4. In the Type of Access list, click Allow Access.
  5. Click OK to close the Dcomcnfg.exe utility.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

By default, the list of users who can access applications that do not provide their own settings is blank in the Dcomcnfg.exe utility. When this list is blank, only the SYSTEM and Principal users are granted the "Allow Access" permission. As soon as an entry is added to the list, the "Allow Access" permission is restricted to only those entries that are listed.

This problem occurs when an application adds an entry to the list that was previously blank, which then limits access to only that entry.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/4/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB326144
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