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Can't save file from PDF-Xchange Viewer

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AndyHancock

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Jul 21, 2012, 12:43:02 AM7/21/12
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After modifying a PDF using PDF-Xchange Viewer, I tried to save it and
got an error message saying that either it was read-only, I don't have
permission, or another app had it open. None of these were true. I
had to save it to a diferent file. The problem turned out to be that
the preview pane on Windows 7 was showing the PDF file. It wasn't
enough to turn off the preview pane. I had to close the Windows
Explorer window. Just thought I'd share that with everyone.

tlvp

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Jul 21, 2012, 2:01:27 AM7/21/12
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I think you may just have bumped into another unintended consequence -- oh,
sorry: feature -- of UAC's constantly protecting you from yourself. In
other words, you really didn't have permission to save the modified
version, because it was open in another app. Nothing wrong with saving it
as another filename, of course -- that permission you have, as nothing has
that file open yet (it doesn't even exist yet :-) ).

Similarly here:

If I have a .PS file open for editing in NotePad (in Win Vista), and also
have it open (for display) in gswin32c.exe (from Ghostscript's GSLite),
I can't save any NotePad edits in that .PS file unless I Save *As* another
filename.

A real pain, as compared with what I could do in Win XP -- have both gswin
and NotePad open on the .PS file, edit a little in NotePad, save it, and
immediately see the graphic effect my edit had in the open gswin window.

HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

k.ri...@gmail.com

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May 22, 2020, 8:07:05 AM5/22/20
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hi, my laptop restarted on its own and I wasn't able to save a pdf file, and now I can't find the edits I made for 12 hours. What do I do? I'm so stressed I can't recover, there's no recovery!!! and no search results for this!!!

rpresser

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May 22, 2020, 10:20:16 AM5/22/20
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You have my sympathy, but your work is permanently lost and must be
redone. I'm sorry.

Peter Flynn

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Jun 4, 2020, 4:48:20 PM6/4/20
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Why were you editing a PDF file?

If it's your own work, you should be editing in a wordprocessor or a
typesetting system, using an editor that periodically saves your work.

If it's someone else's work, go back and get a fresh copy. As rpresser
said, you have to re-do it all.

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