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#1 2012-02-20 21:07:25
- DaScratcher101
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- Registered: 2012-02-16
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Save failed: is the folder read only?
I was updating my game, http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/DaScratcher101/2342062, Scratch Snatch, and I tried to share it. When i did the usual way i updated it, it didn't work. I just decided to save it, and when i saved it said: Trying to rename a file Scratch Snatch already exists. Then i clicked OK, and it said what the title of my topic is! Anybody know what happened?!
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#2 2012-02-20 21:18:28
- stevetheipad
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- Registered: 2011-08-06
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Re: Save failed: is the folder read only?
Where are you saving it to? Do you have enough working memory?
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#3 2012-02-20 21:20:35
- DaScratcher101
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Re: Save failed: is the folder read only?
stevetheipad wrote:
Where are you saving it to? Do you have enough working memory?
I'm clicking the save buttonn. 
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#4 2012-02-20 23:16:12
- Jonathanpb
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Re: Save failed: is the folder read only?
That happened to me before when trying to override a sprite I worked around the problem by deleting the old sprite and then exporting.
Yeah that was about sprites, but it's probably the same problem ^^'
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#5 2012-02-20 23:17:12
- undefeatedgames
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- Registered: 2011-05-22
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Re: Save failed: is the folder read only?
I had this problem earlier too when teaching a class 
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#6 2012-02-20 23:36:10
- stevetheipad
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Re: Save failed: is the folder read only?
Do you use a Mac? If so, it's easy to lock a folder so that it's read only, and perhaps you accidentally did so.
If nothing works, I suggest you backup your project (via a separate hard drive, or try another place in your computer like your desktop) just in case, and then delete the scratch program, and then re install it.
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#7 2012-04-10 15:59:27
- mythbusteranimator
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Re: Save failed: is the folder read only?
It's not memory--I deleted all but 10 of my projects to make room but still has the same issue. :s
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