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Empower 3 error: Failed to start application (processing monitor) - WKB1053

Article number: 1053

SYMPTOMS

Empower 3 processing error "Failed to start application (processing monitor)"

ENVIRONMENT

Empower 3 SR1, Windows 7

CAUSE

Windows User Account Control is blocking the processing monitor from running in the background.

FIX or WORKAROUND

Set Windows User Account Control to "Never notify" from the Windows start search box by entering in Change User Account Control settings.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The setting should be set to Never notify to avoid installation issues with the Deployment Manager when installing Empower. 

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