I am posting this again as I¹ve not been able to solve my problem yet. Sorry
for the strange format. For some reason this listserve is producing this.

> Hello.
> 
> I am still having problems with getting Entourage for Mac 2008 working. The
> message I get when trying to open is:
> 
>> You do not have write access to the Entourage application folder. To run
>> Entourage you must have the administrative user remove the Identities folder
>> from the application folder. For more information, see the Entourage Read Me
>> File. 
> 
> At suggestions on this list I have tried a few things:
> 
> * I tried to move the Microsoft User Data folder to the desktop. Rather than
> just moving it copied all 4 gigabytes. I did a repair of permissions via disk
> utilities program. This did not move the folder, however, just copied it. So
> the suggestion to let the program create a new folder didn¹t happen.
> * Suggestion was made below to Œfix permissions¹. I am not sure what this
> means. I did check permissions as suggested and made sure that Œread and
> write¹ to my name as administrator was applied. However, it is true when I
> tried to make some change (I can¹t remember what), I got the message that I
> did not have sufficient privileges. I don¹t know how to fix that.
> * I did log into the program under a test user name. It seems to work fine
> there. At the suggestion below I did put the Office 2008 identities folder in
> shared and then tried to pull that, in the original user, into Microsoft User
> Data Folder. However, the program is not letting me do that.

> So I am not sure at this point what to do. Note that the program did NOT
> create an Office 2008 Main Identities folder in Microsoft User Data.
> 
> I am able to use Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. However, each time I reopen one
> of these programs it tells me I have a problem with the database and that
> certain functions may not work. It tells me to go to Microsoft Database
> Utility, open this, and use it to rebuild the database. I found this. However,
> when I click on the program nothing happens.
> 
> I hope someone can help me with this mess.
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Michael
> 
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