TextEdit Error Code - 1712 TextEdit not responding

Question

TextEdit Error Code 1712
TextEdit doesn't respond
Can someone help me Fix TextEdit? In my Administrator account? I can't open old files in TextEdit; I can't save new files; nor copy old files. Nor can I open saved Sticky files; files saved as either as rtf files, nor as txt files.
This started when I opened a new user account for someone. I dragged documents and files from my Administrator account into my Shared file, but I don't think I did anything with them. I dragged documents and files into the other user account drop file. And, in an effort to put back something that I might have dragged out of my Administrator account, I dragged some back into my Admin drop box.
At some point I had to authenticate my actions by typing in my Administrator account password. I may have taken away my Administrator account privileges from TextEdit. Everything else works. And TextEdit works in all my other User accounts. I'm in an account that I set up for myself, so I don't further damage my Administrator account. And I intend to move every working file and Image over here when I fix this problem. I'll only use the Administrator account to Administrate.
Can anyone help me fix my TextEdit? Or reinstall it from my OS X 3.9 Panther Disc? I don't know which disc.
Or, help me retrieve my Administrator privlideges over my Administrator Account? And then tell me how I can use my Administrator password carefully over all my User accounts?
Thanks,
speakinsteps

Answer 1

speakinsteps:
Let's start with you admin account. I suggest you create a new admin account which will be strictly admin and used for little else. You current admin account and all other accounts will be standard or restricted.
Here's how:
Most likely you have already set up your account, and just as likely it's an admin account. What do you do? In Mac OS X, changing this is relatively easy. Let’s assume you have one account on your computer and it's an admin account. Here’s how you change it:
•Go to the Apple Menu > System Preferences> Accounts. Click on Accounts.
•Click the under Login Options to add an account.
•Check the box to let that user "Allow User to administer this computer." You are temporarily creating a second admin account. Be sure you give it a good password and that you remember it! (More about passwords later, but just choose one now, you can change it later.)
•Log out by going to the Apple Menu and select Logout whoever at the very bottom of the list.
•Go back to System Preferences > Accounts, and find your original user.
•Uncheck the box for that account that allows it to administer the computer. You've now changed your regular account into a Standard user account and you've created a new admin account that you'll hardly ever use. That's the point: only use the admin account when you absolutely need to.
The next step will be to try to restore privileges to your files.
Good luck.
cornelius
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