highguy Loc: Southern Indiana

This message keeps coming up when I try to save a file I’ve worked on and won’t let me save it. Can anyone help me out? Thanks.

Bill_de Loc: US

Did you follow the instructions given in the message?

Somehow it looks like the file is locked.

To encrypt a file or folder in Windows 7, 8, or 10, follow these steps:
Navigate to the folder/file you want to encrypt.
Right click on the item. ...
Check Encrypt contents to secure data.
Click OK, then Apply.

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Ourspolair

I think that he should follow the instructions the computer is giving him, rather than adding encryption...

highguy Loc: Southern Indiana

I right clicked their wasn’t anything about encrypt that showed up. At a loss.

Bill_de Loc: US

You are right. I posted that because it might be the reason he is locked out. We never know what folks already did that caused the issue.

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highguy Loc: Southern Indiana

I’m not fully understanding what the computer is wanting me to do. I’m not sure how to get to properties command.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

To get to the properties, open the folder containing the image file in Explorer, right click the file, select Properties from the resulting menu. If the file is Read Only on the Attributes, uncheck that box and <Apply> that change. Or, exit with <OK> to also save the change. Then, try to save your change from PSE-10.

You might also change to File / Save As from within PSE-10 and create a new file, not worrying about the attributes or unknown problem with IMG_6100.JPG. For example, create a new file IMG_6100a.JPG as a workaround until you figure out what is going on with the 6100 file.

applepie1951 Loc: Los Angeles,California

Buy a Mac and you won’t have those issues

Bayou

The file has probably had its "Read Only" attribute set in camera. One of my Nikons does that on its own with maybe one or two percent of the files it generates.

CHG Canon has provided the solution, at least to work on the file. I have yet to find a solution to stop it from happening in the first place.

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

But that doesn't solve his problem does it?

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

Good luck if you're dealing with Windows 10. I'm a Mac user but have two programs I depend on that run only on Windows, so I have to keep a Windows box around. At some point the thing decided I did not have authority to modify files in the Documents folder that Win10 creates, even though I operate as Administrator and am in fact the only authorized user (and have never personally set limited permissions on anything in that computer.) I fooled around with all the Permissions I could find and it didn't fix the problem. I gather there's some additional, higher level of security that Win10 also imposes, that's based on group authorizations or some such, but I could never figure out exactly what that was, how it fit on a single-user computer, or how to set it to let me write where I wanted to. I ended up creating a new "Documents" folder with a slightly different name, copied everything over to it (this computer has word processing, spreadsheet and email files from 25 years of prior Windows machines, in hundreds of sub- and sub-sub- folders in the Documents top folder) and now use that as the destination for all files.

So if the immediate problem is not camera-induced, and you can't find the correct Windows permission to fix it, maybe this is a solution - however inelegant.

dsnoke Loc: North Georgia, USA

My Nikon camera can "lock" a file using a button next to the preview button on the upper left back of the camera. Such files are on the SD card, and be copied to a computer, but they can not be edited. I suspect, without verification, that this means the computer file is read-only. That attribute can be changed using Windows Explorer to find the file, right click and open the properties panel. Look to see if the file is read-only, and if so, remove that restriction.

Alternatively, use "save as" in your software rather than just "save".

Cheers,
Dick

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I am pretty sure one can lock files with a MAC or set them to Read Only or Hidden. The problem could, not so likely occurred in his camera or when uploading to his PC if he corrupted the file by stopping or interrupting the transfer. And that is even more likely with a MAC if they still require the Eject before removing a device. I once at photo school corrupted a thumb drive on a Mac from not waiting long enough for it to end a read / write cycle. Seems less fussy on a PC.

Sure you will, rebooting alone never seems to fix a Mac.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Yes, I use SAVE AS a lot, and SAVE diligently. I use Ps and not Lr so I can deal with files like a MS Windows and MS Office program.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

Read Only is one way to prevent a file from being overwritten. Also, if a program other than the one you are currently using (or other user) has it open, that will prevent you from overwriting it.