It's not that I wish to use a "networked environment." I just want to launch Premiere on my workstation and work by myself on an individual project. However, I am working in a company which stores all user Home Directories on network volumes, which is not at all unusual.
My problem appears to be that Premiere stores it's cache files on the local disk by default, even letting you change their location. However, it insists on storing some unknown preference files in an unknown location in your Home Directory. Then simply refuses to launch with a vague error if your home directory happens to be on a network drive. Plus the whole thing seems entirely undocumented anywhere.
I can get around this by unplugging the network cable, launching Premiere, and then plugging the network cable back it. But it would be better if Adobe fixed it so I could simply choose to store all files on my local drive rather than in my Home Directory.
P.S. The home directory is not locked and works fine with Adobe Captivate and Photoshop.
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