[Qgis-user] Newbie: New Shapefile Layer Won't Save

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 23/04/2014, at 02:39 , eric at greatriverair.com wrote:

> I'm pretty sure this is basic, but I'm stymied.
>  
> QGis 2.2.0
> Running on Windows 7 Pro
> Plugins: A M  Flightplanner, OpenLayers, GRASS
>  
> Attempting: Layer ->New->New Shapefile Layer; Select Polygon,
>  
> When I try to Save the New Shapefile Layer I get the following error mssg:
>  
> Creation of OGR data source C:/Program Files (x86)/QGIS Valmiera/bin/example.shp failed: Failed to open Shapefile 'C:/Program Files (x86)/QGIS Valmiera/bin\example.shp'
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Hi Eric,

Out of curiosity, does it work if you save it somewhere else (say into your documents folder)?

-ramon.