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".
On Friday, August 1, 2014 12:05:14 PM UTC+4, Steve Gledhill wrote: > > 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 > > On Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:26:16 UTC+1, Dwight Arthur wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Steve Gledhill >> *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:34 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [MLO] Error message: Could not overwrite file. Make sure it >> is not read only and mlo has access to it. >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/ff4f7fe5-b89e-4f94-97a9-c6f0b30c0f54%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/ff4f7fe5-b89e-4f94-97a9-c6f0b30c0f54%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/5cbea364-7bc5-4b68-a709-6532b94d0a74%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
