I would try to make a directory (C:\gisdata) to store your data and save that new shapefile in that location. It appears its trying to save in a default (non-writable) location.
Randy North River Geographic Systems, Inc. ---------------------------- Sent from my Mobile Device On Apr 22, 2014 2:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm pretty sure this is basic, but I'm stymied. > > > > QGis 2.2.0 > > Running on Windows 7 Pro > > Plugins: A M Flightplanner, OpenLayers, GRASS > > > > Attempting: Layer ->New->New Shapefile Layer; Select Polygon, > > > > When I try to Save the New Shapefile Layer I get the following error mssg: > > > > Creation of OGR data source C:/Program Files (x86)/QGIS > Valmiera/bin/example.shp failed: Failed to open Shapefile 'C:/Program Files > (x86)/QGIS Valmiera/bin\example.shp' > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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