Significant issues with python integration and other nodes

Hi all,

I’m working on a system where my KNIME installation folder is read only and as such I get an error stating this every time I install new nodes. It hasn’t had an impact up to now but I’m now struggling to run even the most straightforward python scripts in KNIME. I’ve started getting the error

“Execute failed: Could not initialize class org.knime.python3.scripting.nodes2.ConsoleOutputUtils”

and other related errors for python scripting. Even simple nodes like String Splitter (Regex) are kicking out java errors now.

“Loading model settings failed: Coding issue: Unable to make field transient volatile java.util.Map java.util.regex.Pattern.namedGroups accessible: module java.base does not “opens java.util.regex” to unnamed module @53671c98

Are these known errors I can trace back to the read only nature of the install folder?

I’m currently running 5.8.1 and have tried to roll back to 5.3.3 (the two versions allowed by my employer) and this hasn’t helped. I’ve done a full uninstall/reinstall, cleared temp folder and cleared Users/.eclipse on my C:/ all to no avail.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

Ian