Try run in gnucash as administrator by right clicking on the icon and selecting "Run as administrator"
What does that do? On Jan 15, 2018 9:13 PM, "David Carlson" <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you save other documents such as spreadsheets to that folder? Is there > plenty of free space on your C: drive (like several GIG's)? is this machine > owned by someone else such as your employer? > > David C > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 8:17 PM, Snarky Email <snarkyem...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > David, > > > > I did create subfolder but the same error pops up. I definetly have full > > access to the folder and subfolder. Is there any special first time > steps > > that I could be missing? > > > > > > > > *Sent:* Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 3:51 PM > > *From:* "David Carlson" <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > > *To:* "Snarky Email" <snarkyem...@gmx.com> > > *Cc:* "Gnucash Users" <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > *Subject:* Re: Installation on Windows 10 > > Snarky, > > > > It does seem very odd that GnuCash is unable to write to that folder. > Can > > you save other documents to that folder? > > > > I would recommend creating a special subfolder for GnuCash data files as > > GnuCash will be creating a lot of temporary files in the same folder. > > > > David C > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2018 12:52 PM, "Snarky Email" <snarkyem...@gmx.com> wrote: > >> > >> I installed gnucash on my Windows 10 system and the new file setup > >> fails. I am using defaults for a new account to practice/test with. > >> When I try to save as xml I get this error: GnuCash could not write > to > >> C:\Users\Joe\Documents\gnucashtest.gnucash. That database may be > on a > >> read-only file system, or you may not have write permission for the > >> directory." > >> I do have full access on the folder. > >> Any help would be appreciated. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.