Every time an account on a specific system drive lacks the permissions that are required, the error 1317 is encountered by the user on the Windows OS. This error occurs in certain applications like the Visual Studio 2005 or on the Visual Studio .NET application. The system account enables the Visual Studio 2005 and the Visual Studio .NET applications to be able to access that particular drive.
The primary IDE or Integrated Development Environment from Microsoft is the Microsoft Visual Studio, is used in the development of graphical user interfaces and console applications together with the website applications, Windows Forms, Web applications and Web services. This Windows error 1317 prevents a user from carrying out the installation of the Visual Studio 2005 and or Visual Studio .NET applications. This error comes about when the user is trying to generate a directory drive for this software. The errors in the system may most likely be caused by corrupt or outdated drivers and invalid entries in the registry. To resolve the error 1317, it is important to first make sure that the particular drive to where the Visual Studio .NET or the Visual Studio 2005 application is to be installed, is served by the System Account.
Users can ensure that this is the case by opening the Advanced Security Settings for the Local Disk, where there is a list for special permissions that need be accessed and edited so as to have the appropriate permission that is needed for this installation to be initiated. This error message can also be found in applications like the Adobe Acrobat installer, where the installer may return an error message that may read “Error ”1317: An error occurred while attempting to create the directory [path]…” when trying to install or use this application. The [path] option may display C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ or it could also display a different specified path. When this occurs, it ideally means that the write access to that folder that is trying to be accessed by the user is inaccessible since the user does not have the required permission. The installations can only be carried out if the user is logged on as System or Administrator on Windows. The user however, may not have the permission to create folders or directories in certain directories. The solutions to this kind of problem, which affects the Adobe Acrobat Installer, vary and are dependant on the version of the Windows operating system that one is using.
