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Non admin users cannot launch FileNet Deployment Manager 5.5.2 on Windows 10

Troubleshooting


Problem

Non admin users cannot launch FileNet Deployment Manager (FDM) 5.5.2 on Windows 10. 

Symptom

The following error appears
"An error has occurred. See the log file C:\Users\...\.eclipse\com.filenet.deployment.rcp.product_6.0.0_1412267790_win32_win32_x86_64\configuration\1559344370465.log"
The log file will contain the following error at the bottom:
"!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2019-05-31 16:12:51.871
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:288)
   at com.filenet.deployment.common.ConsoleThread.getFileAppenderFileNames(ConsoleThread.java:70)
   at com.filenet.deployment.common.ConsoleThread.logOutputFilenames(ConsoleThread.java:100)
   at com.filenet.deployment.common.ConsoleThread.initializeLoggingSystem(ConsoleThread.java:156)
   at com.filenet.deployment.rcp.Application.start(Application.java:253)
   at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
   at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
   at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
   at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:388)
   at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:243)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:90)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:508)
   at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:673)
   at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:610)
   at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1519)"

Document Location

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 April 2025

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ibm10887431