Re: Can't edit file properties

From: WinGuy (no_spam_at_nomail.bot)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:41:46 GMT

"Len" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:071201c4e7fb$cb79ef30$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> When trying to add a property value (title, keywords, etc)
> to my .tif image files, I am receiving the following error
> message:
>
> "changes to summary properties could not be saved, access
> has been denied. The file may be marked read only or may
> be in use by another application"
>
> The files are not checked 'read only', and no other
> applications are open (double checked in task manager). I
> have previously added file properties (title, comments,
> author, etc.) without any problems, this 'access denied'
> problem just started recently. Re-booting, check disk, and
> defrag are having no impact.
>
> The only difference with these latest files is that they
> are all over 40mb in size, whereas previously successfully
> modified files were in the 20mb range.
>
> Could this be size related, or are there other possible
> problems / solutions to explore ?
>
> thanks for any help

File size should not be a factor.

Have you right-clicked an offending file and checked the Security tab to
make sure your account being used for login has full permissions to alter
its properties? These permissions, by default, are usually "inherited" from
the folder permissions. There are some other possibilities, generally caused
by virus or left over effects after virus is eliminated, such as
administrator privileges having been reduced, files being marked as system
files that an administrator can not easily change, and so on.

If you don't see the Security tab when you look at the file properties then
open My Computer, double-click Drive C:, click on the Tools button on the
top menu bar, select Folder Options, select the View tab, and scroll down to
where it says in part "Display simple folder view" and uncheck that box. The
Security tab should thereafter show up when you look at file properties.

Winguy