Make VI or LLB Writable

[otheredward]

Hello, I have an LLB with VI's from an equipment vendor. I just upgraded to LV2012 and when I open the LLB or the VI's inside they are recompiled for the new LV version. When I exit labview it asks if I would like to save changes, i.e. the recompile, which I would. If I click "Save" I get a "you don't have permission to write to the containing LLB" message. I've also tried to mass compile the LLB but get a "CompileFolderCore: error 8" which is a permissions problem I believe. If I right click on the LLB in Windows 7 the "Attributes: Read Only" box is NOT checked. How can I change the permissions on this LLB or recompile?

Thanks,

Ed

[smercurio_fc]

Perhaps you have the LLB in a folder for which you have no write permission? For instance, in Windows 7, several folders are not writable by "normal users".

[P@Anand]

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@otheredward wrote:

Hello, I have an LLB with VI's from an equipment vendor. I just upgraded to LV2012 and when I open the LLB or the VI's inside they are recompiled for the new LV version. When I exit labview it asks if I would like to save changes, i.e. the recompile, which I would. If I click "Save" I get a "you don't have permission to write to the containing LLB" message. I've also tried to mass compile the LLB but get a "CompileFolderCore: error 8" which is a permissions problem I believe. If I right click on the LLB in Windows 7 the "Attributes: Read Only" box is NOT checked. How can I change the permissions on this LLB or recompile?

Thanks,

Ed

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I have seen third party library files locked by default and they release it for the different version so when you upgrade your whole library some of the vi's at the top level gets compiled but the low levels vi's are not. So check about the library file and also check your third party whether they have any release for the latest version.

[crossrulz]

Do you have administrative rights on the computer?  If not, that could be the issue.

As a complete shot in the dark, what if you run LabVIEW using Run as Administrator?

[otheredward]

Yup, so I never checked the permissions on the folder. That seemed to clear things up. Thanks for the help and sorry for the silly post.

Best,

Ed

[rolfk]

Sometimes when downloading files from the internet, they can end up as read only on the disk. I had that several times in the last few weeks in Firefox. Not sure why as it were simply files and VIs on discussion boards, some I had placed there myself

Maybe some change in Firefox to protect me from evil.