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Duke, It looks like you simply do not have write permissions to that location on the C: drive in the root location. Please select a better place to write your .xidv file such as C:\Users\<username> Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Duke DOuglas > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: DU > Package Version: 5.2 build date:2015-08-26 18:19 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.2\jre version: 1.8.0_45 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: > > doSave > C:\Douglas-D-Ex3.xidv (Access is denied) > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Douglas-D-Ex3.xidv (Access is denied) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Unknown Source) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.writeBytes(IOUtil.java:1006) > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.writeFile(IOUtil.java:991) > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.writeFile(IOUtil.java:976) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.doSave(IdvPersistenceManager.java:1438) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.doSave(IdvPersistenceManager.java:1205) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.doSaveAs(IdvPersistenceManager.java:687) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$10.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:2752) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UNP-576131 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed