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Aaron Haines
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April 12, 2018
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Marked as Read only or locked would you like to preform Save as???

  • April 12, 2018
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Recently I've tried to save a .sesx & this prompt appears. I have not personally locked or marked anything as read only nor do i know how. I AM AFRAID to complete the action save as because in doing so on another .sesx, that gave the same prompt, the program merged some of my tracks in the editor panel i wasn't working on with the current multitrack session. Meaning after i completed the action 3 different sessions became one i do not know how nor care because I'm sure it was a bug that needs addressed apparently. what i need to know is how to unmark the session from being "Read only or Locked" so i can save or command+s normally without this prompt appearing. Thank you for your time & consideration.

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Correct answer ryclark

This is somewhat helpful... Would you be able to tell me how to go about unmarking or marking a file which isn't temporary?


You normally find the file in Windows Explorer and right click on it and go to the bottom of the drop down menu and click Properties. When that window opens towards the bottom is Attributes. There you click on the Read-only box to get rid of the tick mark. This should make the file writable again.

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 12, 2018

Surely that isn't the main sesx for the session though? That's just the backup one, isn't it? Or do you give your main session files numbers that long?

ryclark
Participating Frequently
April 12, 2018

Yes actually the backup name is somewhat odd. Normally, having had a look at my Backup folder the file name should only have one date, time and ID number, not the three that that your backup file name seems to include.

Any way as Steve says your Session .sesx file should be saved in your named session folder not the Backup folder. So do a Save As but make sure that you are saving where you actually want by Browsing to the correct folder.