Corruption of owner admin acct.

I suddenly became unable to complete opening any of my Adobe software. Re-installing didn't help. I got an error message when trying to install new ISP software that I did not have admin. status. I created a new acct. to which I granted admin. permissions and that acct is able to open the Adobe programs. This does not help me much because all of my work is in the broken acct. I tried the first aid repair permissions but it didn't solve the problem. Do I need to re install the OS? BTW I am an artist and not that tech savy so I just feel helpless and I can;t do my work anymore.

Hi Barefoot, Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Choose the your Home folder and "Get Info" (command-i) turn the dislclosure triangle on "Ownership & Permissions" make sure you can "read & write"and make yourself the "owner"(open the lock and enter your admin password)with "read & write" permissions. Then apply changes to enclosed items.
Also, check under General, turn the disclosure triangle and be sure the "locked" box in NOT checked.
Then,open the "Applications Support" folder and do the same procedure (Command-i)for the folders with the names of the applications you are having trouble with (Adobe).
The reason to check this is because repairing permissions with Disk Utility doesn't touch permissions inside your home folder.
Let us know if this helps.

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