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Posted on 22/07/08 12:35:30 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply  |
access privileges
Well, I've never come across this one before. Tried to save a PS file and it says I can't because I don't have the necessary access privileges. How do i get them? I should mention that this file was extracted from my previous knackered hard drive at Apple. Anyone know how I can save this file? Cheers Chris |
Posted on 22/07/08 1:07:20 PM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply  |
Re: access privileges
Are you on a PC or a Mac? Are you saving to a local or network drive. Is the drive write protected or full? Does the file name that your are attempting use already exist. If so, perhapts it is locked. (It may be locked if it is open by some other program). Try saving the file with a new filename. You can also try saving it to a different location. |
Posted on 22/07/08 1:12:13 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply |
Re: access privileges
Hi Dave The file was copied from a DVD which was copied from my dead drive. Trying to save it on my Mac hard drive. Tried all of the above and it won't let me save or save as. Any ideas? C |
Posted on 22/07/08 3:39:28 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply |
Re: access privileges
Solved Don't know why this happened, but for anyone in the same position, here's what I did. I wouldn't save, or save as. However,when I changed location in save as (thanks Dave) the save button became active. HOWEVER - before the new version would open, I had to close the old one. As I say, no idea how this happened - and I hope it doesn't happen again! Chris |
Posted on 22/07/08 8:44:00 PM |
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Paul 2007 thru 2010
Lego Legend Posts: 361 Reply |
Re: access privileges
Is it something to do with it being read only? If you copy files from a CD (probably DVD too) to your hard drive they tend to be set as read only. So if you load that into photoshop you cannot save it back on itself. You can either do as you did or set the properties so it's no longer read only. This has happened to me in the past. I am not saying this is the same as your problem, but it might be somewhere to look. |
Posted on 23/07/08 10:10:11 AM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply |
Re: access privileges
Hi Paul Thanks for that. I've discovered the whole folder for this project is protected, so I've moved the files into a new folder and everything's fine - took a bit of figuring out, though! Chris |