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   Hi! I'm aware of the fact that I'm running AutoCad 2002 which is outdated but I still use in on a daily basis. Up until a few days ago everything was going fine but then all of a sudden When i tried to save a file i get a error telling me the file is write protected every time I attempted to save my open drawing.

I can work around this my saving the file under a different name but that's not really a fix.

Has anyone got any idea of what i can do to sort this out?

Regards!

Colin,

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Iamtheyikes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19.Feb.2025 Location: Ireland Using: autocad 2002 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Iamtheyikes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: AutoCad 2002. File write protected Posted: 19.Feb.2025 at 18:10
	Hi! I'm aware of the fact that I'm running AutoCad 2002 which is outdated but I still use in on a daily basis. Up until a few days ago everything was going fine but then all of a sudden When i tried to save a file i get a error telling me the file is write protected every time I attempted to save my open drawing. I can work around this my saving the file under a different name but that's not really a fix. Has anyone got any idea of what i can do to sort this out? Regards! Colin,
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Iamtheyikes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19.Feb.2025 Location: Ireland Using: autocad 2002 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Iamtheyikes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19.Feb.2025 at 18:23
	I've tried changing the read only option in the properties of both the drawing and the folder.
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Robert_D Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21.Oct.2013 Location: United States Using: BricsCAD v25, AutoCAD2006 Status: Offline Points: 208	Post Options Post Reply Quote Robert_D Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19.Feb.2025 at 22:16
	Google is your friend. Search "autocad file is write protected" to yield dozens of hits.

Iamtheyikes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19.Feb.2025 Location: Ireland Using: autocad 2002 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Iamtheyikes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19.Feb.2025 at 22:28
	I tried that Robert_D but no joy
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philippe JOSEPH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14.Mar.2011 Location: France Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1493	Post Options Post Reply Quote philippe JOSEPH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20.Feb.2025 at 07:14
	Hello Iamtheykes, in any case you will have to erase the 2 files generated by this error and normally you will find them in the same directory of the original file, acad.err, ... Also launch an AUDIT on your file to analyse and repair it. Edited by philippe JOSEPH - 20.Feb.2025 at 07:17

Iamtheyikes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19.Feb.2025 Location: Ireland Using: autocad 2002 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Iamtheyikes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20.Feb.2025 at 17:50
	Ok I've made a bit of headway on the Autocad 2002 problem. I ended up having to create a new Admin windows user account. Now i can open and save files . So I'm left thinking it's a permissions issue.
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