Article - CS228902

On Windchill start error "failed to set Administrator (ok if installation)" appears in the MethodServer log in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 09-Jun-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 13.0

Description

  • On Windchill start error "failed to set Administrator (ok if installation)" appears in the MethodServer log
  • Errors in MethodServer log like
ERROR [main] wt.fv  - wt.fv.StandardFvService: failed to set Administrator (ok if installation)
ERROR [main] wt.fv  - User not found: unknown user name: "Administrator".
  • When logging in as wcadmin the following error is shown in the web browser
Exception:     wt.util.WTRuntimeException: wt.util.WTException: Can't invoke public static com.ptc.core.ui.validation.UIValidationResultSet com.ptc.netmarkets.roleAccess.NmRoleAccessHelper.getDisplayStatusSet(wt.org.WTUser,wt.inf.container.WTContainer,java.util.Collection) throws wt.util.WTException
Nested exception is: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException; nested exception is:
        wt.util.WTException: Can't invoke public static com.ptc.core.ui.validation.UIValidationResultSet com.ptc.netmarkets.roleAccess.NmRoleAccessHelper.getDisplayStatusSet(wt.org.WTUser,wt.inf.container.WTContainer,java.util.Collection) throws wt.util.WTException
Nested exception is: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
...
Caused by: (wt.session.sessionResource/1) wt.org.UserNotFoundException: User not found: unknown user name: "Administrator".
        at wt.session.StandardSessionManager.setAdministrator(StandardSessionManager.java:265)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor17.invoke(Unknown Source)​
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