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The issue I am having is similar to the one found on this older post. http://forums.adobe.com/message/3066663#3066663
The issue is as follows. I have a small company about 15 users divided into a couple of departments with different networking access needs. They each have Adobe Acrobat version XI installed on a Windows 7 Platform. Each user has a set of mapped drives that correspond to their department. The Disk mappings are all directed to the main shared Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. At any time there can be a number of PDF files open and being worked in. The same PDF is usually not opened at the same time from two different locations.
The issue is that two users who do a large amount of the work, IE. Scanning documents and adding them to documents that have been previously created, are reporting the same issue. The issue is when they have the PDF document opened and they are adding new content. Once the new content is added they go to save the document and then receive the following error:
“The document could not be saved. Cannot save to this filename. Please save the document with a different name or in a different folder.”
In order to save the file the user has to use the save as function and then browse to the original file location to save the document with the changes that have been made.
Along with the above error we have noticed that Adobe Acrobat is renaming the file that has been changed to aae##### or aak##### or aan#####. The file name is changed causing the normal save function to not work correctly.
Is there a reason Acrobat would be doing this?
I am not using Microsoft SharePoint.
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My users started to experience this issue for files on network shares as well once Adobe Reader was updated to 11.0.10
It has to do with Protected Mode being turned on. I don't know if it was off by default & now it is on with the update but turning it off changes Adobe Reader's behavior back to what the users expect - a prompt warning you if you want to overwrite the existing file & then selecting Yes to overwrite.
To disable Protected Mode:
Start Adobe Reader
Edit - Preferences - Security (Enhanced)
Uncheck Enable Protected Mode at Startup
Close Preferences & Close Reader
Now open a file from a network share & you Adobe saves as it used to.
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Did you ever get this figured out? We are having the same renaming issue and it's driving me crazy. Any insight you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
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I've just experienced this issue too, but it hasn't been an issue until just this week. I don't know what caused the change. Any solutions?
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Same issue. Any news of an update to fix this? Some of our workstations have an older version of Reader and this does not happen. As soon as the most recent update is done the problem returns. Our current version that is causing the issue is 11.0.10.
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No updates yet. I assume Adobe is working on some betas but I'm not in the know. In the meantime the following options have worked for me:
1) Save to a local drive (instead of a network drive).
2) After it gives you the error, "save as" and then select the file you were initially saving.
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I hope this will help:
I have found a workaround on my part while saving to a network drive.
When a user saves the document it will give a temp name for it.
I had them save it as a temp, then save it again with the original filename and it allows it.
For some reason on my issue, adobe has to save as a temp first.
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My users started to experience this issue for files on network shares as well once Adobe Reader was updated to 11.0.10
It has to do with Protected Mode being turned on. I don't know if it was off by default & now it is on with the update but turning it off changes Adobe Reader's behavior back to what the users expect - a prompt warning you if you want to overwrite the existing file & then selecting Yes to overwrite.
To disable Protected Mode:
Start Adobe Reader
Edit - Preferences - Security (Enhanced)
Uncheck Enable Protected Mode at Startup
Close Preferences & Close Reader
Now open a file from a network share & you Adobe saves as it used to.
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I can confirm that this solution works; I will be passing this along to the users that were receiving the same error. Thanks for your input!
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I can also confirm that this works. Thanks!
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Disabling Protected Mode also allows us to save PDF documents in Reader 11.0.10 on network drives. Thanks for the tip.
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Unfortunately I can not report success.
Situation: WinStd-Srv2008R2, Win7Enterprise, mapped share as V:, Adobe Acrobat
When we open a pdf, change something (e.g. OCR) and save we get the error "file in use by another user or write protected" even after following the steps above.
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file locks not stored locally will cause these delays. we are moving to a solution called Panzura for this exact reason. stores all the file metadata and file locks locally.
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Also affects signatures
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Thanks , this works
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Hello,
If the above solution does not work for you, a comment further down by JohnMcLpool is on the right track, it is having issues with Windows File Explorer being open at the same time. In my case it was because a user had the Preview Pane active, and Adobe would read it as technically being open. I hope this helps anyone continuing to have this issue!
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This was my issue. Thank you! Preview pane was preventing the file (saved on network drive) from being saved.
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My users started to experience this issue for files on network shares as well once Adobe Reader was updated to 11.0.10
It has to do with Protected Mode being turned on. I don't know if it was off by default & now it is on with the update but turning it off changes Adobe Reader's behavior back to what the users expect - a prompt warning you if you want to overwrite the existing file & then selecting Yes to overwrite.
To disable Protected Mode:
Start Adobe Reader
Edit - Preferences - Security (Enhanced)
Uncheck Enable Protected Mode at Startup
Close Preferences & Close Reader
Now open a file from a network share & you Adobe saves as it used to.
By @KevinCur
I know that this is a necro-thread. I found it and the solution does not work for me. However, bringing me to the Security (Enhanced) menu was helpful.
Here are the steps that resolved the issue for me.
Open File Explorer and browse to the folder where your Acrobat files are stored
Click into the address bar and copy the Path for the folder
Start Adobe Reader
From the Edit menu select Preferences
Select Security (Enhanced)
Click Add Host
Paste the Path into the "Add Priveleged Host" box
Click OK
Click OK
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It works in 2024. Unbelievable that the problem persists almost a decade. The software was re-installed in the latest available in May 2024.
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Hi there
Hope you are doing well.
Have you tried the steps shared in the discussion ? Please give them a try and let us know how it goes.
~Amal
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This doesnt work for me either.
Using Win7/ mapped drive/ acrobat X-XI pro
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I too have been having similar issues lately. There are two associated issues.
SOLUTION - I just go to Save As and use the original file name. It seems to work
SOLUTION - You have to go to Windows Explorer and come out of the folder where the file is stored.
Hope this helps people.
What I would like to know is why the hell does Acrobat rename the file at all and how do I stop it?
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Although this does help, it still does not resolve the issue; it only provides a work around. Any info from Adobe in regards to this would be great.
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I have the same problem and I;m not using a file from my network.
thanks for any advice