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Palma, Could we have some more information on what you are trying to achieve? Examine the permissions you have set for C:\Users\Juan Antonio Palma\My Documents. Best Wishes, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: palma > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: CIAR > Package Version: 4.1 build date:2013-08-02 18:38 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_4.1\jre version: 1.6.0_43 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Cannot create the DataSink: > Existing file C:\Users\Juan Antonio Palma\My Documents cannot be deleted > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Existing file C:\Users\Juan Antonio Palma\My Documents > cannot be deleted > at com.sun.media.datasink.file.Handler.open(Handler.java:272) > at > ucar.unidata.ui.JpegImagesToMovie.createDataSink(JpegImagesToMovie.java:175) > at ucar.unidata.ui.JpegImagesToMovie.doIt(JpegImagesToMovie.java:120) > at ucar.unidata.ui.JpegImagesToMovie.createMovie(JpegImagesToMovie.java:304) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.createMovie(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:2239) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.createMovie(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:2069) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.writeMovie(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1485) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.stopAnimationCapture(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1249) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.runAnimationCapture(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1224) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.access$400(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:113) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber$5.run(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1091) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1251) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ONL-390210 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed