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.
