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Melvin5EDD
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June 18, 2022
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Having problems saving files on my hard drive with Adobe Audition

  • June 18, 2022
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Everytime I try to save a file on my hard drive, I get the error message:  "The specified location is reserved by the operating system and is not permitted.  Please choose a different location."  I then choose a different location, and I continue to get the same error message.  Does anyone know what this is, and how to solve it?  I was albe to bypass it once by restarting my computer.  I'll try doing it again...but this is not productive, and will cost me in the long run.  

 

Thanks,

 

Mel

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Jenny5CC2
New Participant
August 17, 2023

I had the same problem and my issue was that I had a period in the name.  I took out the period and it worked fine.

 

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    Tim27056100dhdu
    New Participant
    September 7, 2023

    I had the exact same problem with downloading Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time.  I took out the dots/periods at the beginning and it downloaded normally.  

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    Sumit29198880y7ej
    New Participant
    June 22, 2023

    If File name is too long then you will get this error. You need to keep title shorter and if you still face this issue then enter random title like "dcvjdks"

      SteveG_AudioMasters_
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      SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
      Community Expert
      June 22, 2023

      If the file name is too long, then you get an error stating that, so that's unlikely to be the cause. There is a file name length limit in Windows, and that's 256 characters. This doesn't actually include the path to the file name, but if that is also a long one, then this is effectively added to what can be displayed in its full form - and it's the file name that gets 'shortened' first.

       

      But this isn't the issue here. The error message clearly states that this is an attempt to write to a space reserved by the OS - nothing to do with the file name length.

      SteveG_AudioMasters_
      Community Expert
      SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
      Community Expert
      June 18, 2022

      Are you logged into the machine with Administrator permissions? Not doing that can cause this to happen. So can trying to write to another user's file spaces...

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      Melvin5EDDAuthor
      New Participant
      June 19, 2022
      No, I am using my PC. I was able to get it to work by shortening the names of each file. Is there a character restriction?

      ~Mel~
        SteveG_AudioMasters_
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        SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
        Community Expert
        June 19, 2022

        Possibly. But it's also possible for it to be 'your' computer and still not have Admin rights for you as a user. All depends upon how it was set up originally. What happens if you try to create a new user?

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