Using Writer's Workbench on a Windows XP system as a non-administrative user:
Move the temporary file location (wwbtmp) to the All Users folder

Microsoft Word can operate inconsistently when exporting and opening temporary text files if they are stored in a folder that a non-administrative user cannot openly use.

The analyses that do not operate properly are

  • Content - Diversity of Content Vocabulary

  • Content - Vague and Abstract Vocabulary

  • Characteristics - Style Statistics

  • Characteristics - Style Statistics with Support

  • Words - Diction Alerts

  • Words - Words to Check

  • Words - Negative Words

  • Words - Split Infinitives and Article Errors

  • Punctuation - Possible Fragments and Long Sentences

  • Punctuation - Misplaced Punctuation and Capitalization

RESOLUTION:  If the temporary file folder is a folder that non-admin users cannot openly use, follow these instructions.

Logged in as Administrator, enter Writer's Workbench by double-clicking on the WWB icon on your desktop and click on the STEPS button on the Writer's Workbench toolbar.  Click on the "Options Menu" button at the upper right-hand corner of  the STEPS menu.

The Writer's Workbench Options Menu will appear.

Focusing on the third changeable option in the left column, "In what folder are your temporary files stored?", remember that the actual temporary file folder is a sub-folder (wwbtmp) to that pointed to by this option.  The default folder is C:\WWB81.  Note that wwbtmp is not included here.

Browse to that folder using Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click on the wwbtmp folder, and click on "Sharing and Security...".  In the Local Sharing and Security section of this dialog box, click on the URL in "To share this folder with other users of this computer only, drag it to the Shared Documents folder."  When you click on Shared Documents, a new window will display the contents of the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents" folder.  Drag the wwbtmp folder to the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents" folder.  Close these windows.

Go back to the Writer's Workbench Options Menu as you did before and change the temporary files location to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents".  (You will need to type this location into the box; be careful to get it correct.  DO NOT INCLUDE wwbtmp.)

Submit Changes by clicking on the green button, review your changes, and exit Word.

Log off from the Administrator ID and log into the normal user ID.  You should be "good to go."

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Last modified 12/17/04.