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Malchio
Malchio
Participant
May 16, 2019
Question

"The specified folder is not writeable" during Export after update to LR Classic 8.3

  • May 16, 2019
  • 5 replies
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Hi all,

since I updated to LR Classic 8.3 I always get "The specified folder is not writable" after trying to export to any location on C:\ or any subfolder.

All the access Rights are OK / not changed.

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise

Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763

Adobe Lightroom Classic 8.3

Any ideas?

kind regards

Jonas

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    colleenc
    Participant
    May 27, 2019

    I am also having the same problem since the update.  I have a lot of editing to do and this is really holding me back.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    May 27, 2019

    Adobe product developers don't participate in this forum and won't see your feedback.  If you want your "me toos" to influence Adobe, be sure to visit the bug report in the official Adobe feedback forum and click Me Too and Follow in the upper-right corner: Lightroom Classic 8.3: Issues exporting photos to a Network Drive | Photoshop Family Customer Community . Adding details of your specific situation will help too.

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    rolfhecken
    Participant
    May 24, 2019

    Same here

    RomanDAPhotography
    RomanDAPhotography
    Participant
    May 18, 2019

    Add me into this list.  Also had a lot of issues importing for the 1st time.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    May 18, 2019

    Matte and Roman, please add your constructive opinions to this bug report in the official Adobe feedback forum: Lightroom Classic 8.3: Issues exporting photos to a Network Drive | Photoshop Family Customer Community . Be sure to click Me Too and Follow in the upper-right corner. This will make it more likely Adobe will prioritize the fix, and you'll be notified when the bug's status changes. As you can see from the bug report, Adobe has marked it as "in progress", meaning it's been assigned an internal tracking number and engineers are looking at it. But that doesn't mean it will necessarily be fixed soon -- that's why your Me Toos are important.  Adobe almost never discusses when a bug will be fixed.

    GoldingD
    GoldingD
    Legend
    May 16, 2019

    Existing, previous, discussion:

    No Export after update

    99jon
    99jon
    Legend
    May 16, 2019

    Hi Jonas

    Are you able to save a file into the destination folder from another app e.g. a word or pdf document? Do check that you definitely have read & write permissions. I’ve only seen this previously when attempting to write to one drive. You could try the Windows compatibility trouble shooter.

    Here is a link to an older thread which may give some pointers.

    https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1826369

    Malchio
    MalchioAuthor
    Participant
    May 16, 2019

    Hi Jon,

    yes, sure all other applications are running as usual. Else I would not open a thread in the adobe forum. (-:

    I tried compatibility mode but that didnt work.

    kind regards

    Jonas

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    lenied35881223
    Participant
    May 16, 2019

    Hi All,

    We're sorry about the trouble caused as some users are unable to export from Lightroom Classic 8.3 as they are getting error message "The specific folder is not writable".

    Our Engineering team is tracking this issue and a bug has been filed already.

    Workaround we're aware of:

    Could you please select the option "Choose folder later" for export location and see if export works?

    Let us know how it goes.

    Thanks,

    Akash Sharma


    I have the same problem here! I just tried the option "choose folder later" and that export works.

    with regards,

    Lenie

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