Did you install GnuCash using the same user account as you are using now?  Or with an Administrator account?

If you installed GnuCash while logged in as an administrator or different user GnuCash may not have the correct permissions to access the directory in which the data file is located even though you do.

I wish I could offer some specific things to check, but the Windows file protection schema is opaque to me.

RBM



On 01/15/2018 08:11 PM, David Carlson 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.
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