Error message: Could not overwrite file. Make sure it is not read only and mlo has access to it.

[Steve Gledhill]

I have been receiving this message for months now:

"Could not overwrite file.".... mydocs\myfilename.ml" Make sure it is not read only and mlo has access to it." See attached image.

At first I thought this was because it was stored in dropbox. I have cloud sync so I  removed it from dropbox and any other file syncing folder but I still get this. I removed the folder from my Carbonite backup program as well so that there is no conflict.

These messages repeat every few minutes and sometimes I return to the computer to see a lovely cascading pattern of error boxes.

I wonder if anyone has seen similar behaviour and has a solution they could share? My workaround is to clear the error messages and quickly save the file under a different name!

I have mlo 4.3.1.2445 FINAL and W8.1 64bit

thank you

Steve

[Dwight Arthur]

I was plagued by a message like this a few years ago. Eventually it turned out that I had installed MLO under my computer’s sysadmin ID but I was accessing MLO under my restricted user ID. The The restricted ID was able to read but not write some directories belonging to sysadmin where some MLO files were being kept. My cure was to reinstall MLO under the restricted user ID. I’m not saying that you did the same thing, but I think the lesson was to make very sure that add MLO files are in directories writable by the current user ID. I’m not sure that the opffending file was actually the profile file.

-Dwight

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[Steve Gledhill]

Thanks Dwight

Although I know I should use my computer under a restricted account for security reasons but I'm afraid I don't. All my work is done in a privileged account so I don't think it's an access problem.

Having said that, I should at least try a re-install. I'll let you know how it goes.

Steve

[Dmitry_N]

Actually, no need to re-install (although it's as easy as a piece of cake).

All you have to try is run MLO "as administrator".

[Steve Gledhill]

Thanks Dmitry

I've been running as admin for a few days with no problems. I  need to let it run for a week or so to be sure but that seems to have done it.