"Read only or invalid path" error

ToddB wrote on 6/27/2009, 11:39 AM
I submitted this to support a week ago via email but have heard nothing back.

When trying to write anything to my C: drive via VMS Platinum 9.0 (creating a project, rendering, whatever), and selecting a newly created or existing folder, the error 'Read only or invalid path. Please correct it" is displayed. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the C: drive - all other apps are fine. I can write to my external Firewire drive.

I see multiple references to this via Google so I am not the only one experiencing this.

Why in the world can VMS not write to my C: drive? I had no problems ever with 7.0. Just recently upgraded to 9.0 and now both 7.0 and 9.0 exhibit this behavior.

Thanks,
Todd

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darkframe wrote on 6/27/2009, 1:54 PM
Hi,

are you running Vista? If os, Vista's user account control won't let you store anything in the root directory of C:. Storing to e.g. C:\User\Your Name\Documents will work however.

Cheers

darkframe