Page Preview WD7

[stoff]

New to Web Designer... When I try to do a page preview or site preview on WD7, I get an error message: "Unable to find the filter to import that file with". What filter is that, and wouldn't that have been part of the program download??

[handrawn]

you could try right clicking and running the program as adminstrator [only need to do it once] - this is a vista/win7 thing

[zaphodeist]

Could be a third-party thing - anything on the page that might be?

[samrc]

Third party anything should not be causing problem. Inserted scripts, widgets, html, embedded content should not be a problem.

Did you use Export Option from menu or or button on toolbar?
Try the menu option: File > Preview Website

[zaphodeist]

Third Party security software or registry protectors can and do cause these problems Sam. :-)

[GerryI]

Yes, restricted accounts are not allowed (by Windows) to register COM objects (ActiveX) for all users of the machine so when running under a restricted account we try to register the filters for just the current user (which Windows does allow). However, some security software thinks this is a security issue and blocks the changes to the registry. Running the program once as administrator *usually* allows it to register the filters for all users of the machine.

Gerry