XnView Software

XnView: MP 0.96 latest 64 bit
OS: Linux Mint/64bit

Trying to rename a file (say,for ex, to save as an original "master" photo so I don't lose it for revising to later changes).

I tried several times, when making a slight change to a photo, or in renaming a photo to a "master" file, a dialog box appears stating: "an error occurs during rename" (see attached screen shot)...same occurs when I try "save as"

I then thought it might be a permission issue, so I went to the photo's "properties", click for "Read and write" (change from from "Read only") dialog box states "sorry, could not change the permissions of etc etc"


Actual behaviour (bug): <Current wrong behaviour of XnView> does not rename/save as, permission denied

Expected behaviour: <Expected, correct behaviour of XnView> make a change to a photo (i,e remove white dots in photo, filter out bad spots, etc, then rename or save as)

Thanks for any help

strange, no problem here. Are you sure that rights are good?

xnview wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 6:26 pm strange, no problem here. Are you sure that rights are good?

Are you able to save a renamed file in another software, such as Mint's 'Image Viewer'?

Are the images you are editing in your Home folder?

If it could be a rights issue, the Mint forum is normally very responsive to requests for support...

RESOLVED!!

My bad, it seems...

I typically save "master" files to a usb thumbdrive so I won't lose them...so after all of my attempts at checking the properties of all my drives, and trying to open/save with other similar programs (most of which I do not like--XnView is the best by far), I took the thumb drive to another computer using Windows 7 (I figured the problem might be the OS Linux Mint on my laptop)-- the thumbdrive worked!!

Bringing it back to my laptop (figuring I was going to be stymied yet again), it worked this time as well....

It appears the thumbdrive was not "fully-inserted" into the drive "hole" originally--although from all appearances, it had looked solidly in place.

So, my fault entirely for bringing up this problem. By process of elimination (thanks--very much-- to all who wrote!!!), the issue was resolved.

Sometimes it's the simplest of solutions. I'm a happy camper once again!!