topic Re: Drawing is write protected error in AutoCAD LT Forum

Drawing is write protected error

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:24:45 GMT

Hello,

One of my users is receiving an error message, "Drawing file is write protected", when trying to save a file that is stored on a network device. No one else has this file open and permissions for the user are set to Full. I have already made sure the entire folder and subfolders are NOT read only. I have also set the AutoCAD LT program to "Run as Administrator" as per one of your support documents which seemed to fix the issue at first, but has since returned. The user itself is also an administrator for their Windows profile. So far the workaround is to Save As the file under a different name and delete the old file and rename the newly created one to the old name. Obviously, this is not the greatest thing to have to do every single time and am looking for a more permanent solution. I've read through many different forums to no avail. Any help would be fantastic!

Thank you.

Re: Drawing is write protected error

jayhar — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:14:21 GMT

Hi,

1, SAVEAS your file

2, ACAD file > RIGHT CLICK > PROPERTIES > SECURITY, check permissions for SYSTEM (find the attachment) UNCHECK all Deny

Re: Drawing is write protected error

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:24:15 GMT

Thank you for the response, jayhar. Unfortunately, I have already checked the SYSTEM security permissions and there are no Deny boxes checked on any of the .dwg files. The user is on Windows 7 Pro. What information can I provide you to help assist?

Re: Drawing is write protected error

jayhar — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 03:19:19 GMT

Hi,

What about SAVEAS ??? Did you try it??

Re: Drawing is write protected error

pendean — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:45:47 GMT

AutoCADLT is responding to OS/Server restrictions and denial of rename/delete actions that a save command performs when saving a file.

There is nothing in the program designed to override the OS.

SAVE functions works like this:
tmp file is created
bak file is deleted
dwg file is renamed bak
tmp file is renamed dwg

Stop any of these processes and the program reports a file-lock is in place. Since the user can SAVEAS, it is probably not the first step that is the problem.

Re: Drawing is write protected error

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:51:21 GMT

jayhar,

As stated in my opening, SAVE AS works just fine, but when needing to Save the file again after closing and reopening it, it still prompts with a Write Protected error. I have checked the permissions and nothing is being denied.

Thanks

Re: Drawing is write protected error

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 20:32:47 GMT

Does this happen with only dwg files? I had something like this happen years ago and it was a server issue. The server was flagging the file type and locking it down. Because it was at the server level it didn't show as "read only" or anything like that and would let me save as another file.

I'm not sure what our IT person actually did but he was able to change the server settings.

I realize that this is not particularly helpful but maybe you can talk to your IT person if you are not that person.

Lisa

Re: Drawing is write protected error

jameshickey — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:59:18 GMT

Has there been any resolution to this? We are starting to run into this issue now as well. It is happening in Windows 7 Civil 3D 2018 as well as with Carlson software. Drawings are stored in a Windows 2008 R2 server.

Save As is a band aid, we would like a solution.

Re: Drawing is write protected error

pendean — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:21:44 GMT

Your operating system and/or server assigns write-protect/read-only tags to files: you and your IT team need to be working together to resolve this at the server/PC system/your log-in level.

Re: Drawing is write protected error

jameshickey — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:51:41 GMT

Thank you for the input, the files are not actually write protected on the server. Other users can operate them normally. It is not looking like a server permission issue. We are working very hard with the IT team and drafting and engineering teams to get to the bottom of this. I am hearing that it could be an AutoCAD or even Windows profile issue. Has anyone had experience with these items being the cause?

Thanks,

James