CS5 and folder redirection

[Sheridan]

We've noticed an issue specifically with Adobe Catalyst CS5 on our 1809 image (although I think it may have been happening on the previous 1703 build)

 

When a staff or student member tries to run this program (only this program in the entire CS5 suite seems to be affected) it crashes out after a delay, and pops up with an error telling you where the log file is.

 

Odd thing is, the path to the log file is under the Desktop\Application Data\etc\etc - and both groups use redirected desktops (read only) so the log isn't generated. When I temporarily allowed RW access it did indeed generate a log file, and actually worked after that but that's not really a fix. Even though both staff and student have redirected desktops they don't have access to modify it.

 

It seems very odd to me that Adobe decide to create an Application Data folder, on your desktop, and put various .dll's in there which are essential to the program running? Either that or very shoddy programming!

 

Anyone else using CS5 on W10, with GP redirected desktops? Incidentally we don't redirect AppData, that still goes locally.