Scythebill Won't Save

[Former user]

Scythebill 14.7.1

Windows 10 (just moved to 10 from 7, using a clean install)

I copied my sightings file "List-JEcklar.bsxm" to an external drive before installing Windows 10. I just downloaded the most recent Scythebill, but when I tried to save after opening the .bsxm file, I got the message that it couldn't save my file, with the following code:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Scythebill\List-JEcklar.bsxm (Access is denied) java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files (x86)\Scythebill\List-JEcklar.bsxm (Access is denied) at java.base/java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method) at java.base/java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at .ui.guice.ReportSetModule$SaveableReportSet.writeFile(ReportSetModule.java:197) at .ui.guice.ReportSetModule$SaveableReportSet.save(ReportSetModule.java:142) at .ui.guice.ReportSetModule$SaveableReportSet.save(ReportSetModule.java:81) at .ui.actions.SaveAction.actionPerformed(SaveAction.java:52) at .ui.actions.DelegatedAction.actionPerformed(DelegatedAction.java:63) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.access$600(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Access is denied at java.base/java.io.WinNTFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method) at java.base/java.io.File.createNewFile(Unknown Source) at .ui.guice.ReportSetModule$SaveableReportSet.save(ReportSetModule.java:110) ... 41 more

I was able to save the file using the "Save a Copy As..." feature.

[Adam Winer]

The underlying problem is that saving files in “Program Files (x86)” is never a good idea. Windows does not want you saving files there, and would prefer that you save them in something like your Documents folder.

With commit e45fe4744, Scythebill will warn you about this every time you open a file (and the only way to get it to stop nagging you is to move the file out of that directory).