Causes of "plugin entry point could not be found"

Hi,
I had a report from a user of
my most popular plugin (i.e., mature and extremely well tested), that it failed to work for him on Photoshop CS3 Extended + Vista Business 32-bit.
The error message when he used the plugin was "Could not save as ... because the plugin entry point could not be found."
Is there anything new about CS3 Ext that might cause this? (The plugin is known to be compatible with Vista.)
I have not had other reports like this, so I am currently concluding it's an oddity of his installation.
--Toby

Today is 4/11/2011.
I used the .ico plugin 4 days ago without any problem.
Then, suddenly tonight it would not work.
The post above by "Jas_" correctly identifies the problem as a "file permission issue".
I am running Windows 7 64 bit with Photoshop Elements 7.0 and this version of the .ico format plugin.
For some reason the "permissions" for the group "Users" on the ICOFormat.8bi file (located at: \Adobe\Photoshop Elements 7.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats\ICOFormat.8bi) were "read and execute", but not "Full control". once I changed the settings back and restarted the computer, I was able to "save as .ico" again with no problem.
(mostly) STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS for Windows 7:
1. Locate your "ICOFormat.8bi" file
Navigate to Drive Letter (usually C:), Program Files, Adobe, Adobe Elements (what ever version you are using), Plug-Ins, File Formats, and voila... ICOFormat.8bi should be in this folder. (if it is not, then the plugin is not installed, or not installed correctly (see this link to install))
2. Right Click the ICOFormat.8bi File and select Properties.
3. Select the Security Tab
4. Click the "Edit" button beneath the "Group or user names:" box.
5. Click on each group and determine whether the "full control" check box is checked in the "allow" column.
In my case, the "users" group was allowed to "read and execute", but did not have "full control"
6. If each group does not have "full control", then Click the "allow" box next to "full control" (as long as you're not trying to prohibit a user from using this plugin, that is... >:-)
7. Apply All Changes.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Open you would-be favicon in Photoshop Elements
10 File, Save as -- .ico... Poof! Done! Fixed! Yaay!

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