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

[Randal Hale]

I would try to make a directory (C:\gisdata) to store your data and save
that new shapefile in that location. It appears its trying to save in a
default (non-writable) location.

Randy
North River Geographic Systems, Inc.

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On Apr 22, 2014 2:47 PM, <eric at greatriverair.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty sure this is basic, but I'm stymied.
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> QGis 2.2.0
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> Running on Windows 7 Pro
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> Plugins: A M  Flightplanner, OpenLayers, GRASS
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> Attempting: Layer ->New->New Shapefile Layer; Select Polygon,
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> When I try to Save the New Shapefile Layer I get the following error mssg:
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> 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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