[GNC] Unable to modify existing database

[Colin Law]

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 <sadhnatrue at 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
> sadhnatrue at hotmail.com
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> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+sadhnatrue=hotmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 2:58 PM
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> 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 <sadhnatrue at 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
>
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