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.
On Friday, 1 August 2014 10:43:50 UTC+1, Dmitry_N wrote: > > 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/e6263a17-0d4e-4cf0-ad38-3075c2f61769%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
