I am the office staff for a small land surveying company. I have Autocad 2005 LT on my computer which is part of a small network (one server - two workstations. Everything is Windows XP. I know: bad bad bad.)
We have two draftsmen who work out of their homes and email me drawings regularly. Each time, I perform the same steps:
1: open email in Outlook
2: open attached drawing
3: tweak as needed (correct misspellings, add legal description and/or certifications, etc.)
4: plot drawing
5: save drawing to network server (SAVEAS)
Been doing that (more or less) for 10 years now. Image may be NSFW.
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When I open the attached drawing, I always get a dialogue that says the file is read-only and I always say OK before going on and doing my thing. Never had a problem.
Today, I received a drawing from one of my draftsmen. When I tried to SAVEAS, it says Error Saving/Closing File. I tried to QSAVE. It says Drawing File is Write Protected.
- I downloaded the drawing direct from email to server then opened it. No saving allowed.
- I downloaded the drawing to my computer then opened it. No saving allowed.
- I changed the file name and opened it. No saving allowed.
- I tried to change the name when I did the SAVEAS.
Right clicked on properties -- it is NOT marked Read Only.
- My draftsman brought the drawing in on a memory stick and put it on the server. I opened it. No saving allowed.
- I deleted every *.bak, *.tmp, *.dwl, etc. I could find on the server and my computer. Rebooted and tried again. I am not allowed to save that file.
- Just for funzies, I tried a file he emailed me yesterday. No problem saving it anywhere.
- I received files from the other drafter today. No problem them anywhere.
My draftsman swears he did nothing different on this file from what he has done with literally hundreds of other files. Says the problem is mine because he can save the file on his computer just fine. Image may be NSFW.
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Why does this one single solitary stupeeeed little file keep telling me it is write-protected?
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