Wasn't there an issue posted recently about Windows deciding that gnucash was a malicious app and not letting it write anything to disk?
Colin On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 20:16, Sadhna True <sadhnat...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I have not changed the location where the files are saved (in my user folder > on the C:\ drive). It has always worked in the past. I looked at the > permissions for the folder, and I don't see anything awry there (it looks to > me like all of the permissions are set to "allow"). > > Any other suggestions? > > Sadhna G. True > sadhnat...@hotmail.com > Mobile: (859) 221-6064 > > ________________________________ > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+sadhnatrue=hotmail....@gnucash.org> > on behalf of Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 2:58 PM > To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Unable to modify existing database > > You shouldn’t suddenly have a permissions issue if all was working properly > before. > > Make sure you are trying to save the file either in your own user folder or > on a thumb drive. (or network share) > > Some users have reported here that trying to save files to C:\ or other > locations have a chance to trigger the problem, especially on more recent > versions of Windows. (10 in particular) > > Also, make sure you are not logged into the computer using the ‘guest’ > account if there is one. Those accounts usually can’t save files to the hard > drive (but could to a thumb drive) and would likely trigger this as well. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Sep 25, 2019 w39d268, at 12:31 PM, Sadhna True <sadhnat...@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Thank you, that's very helpful. How do I fix the permissions problem? I > > don't see any issue with the disk being full. Note that I am no computer > > expert! > > > > Sadhna G. True > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
