Read-Only File

Hi,
there is a file that says i can only open it as read-only, even if it is in my local hdd and there is no other rhino instance. can anyone think of a reason, or how to recreate a file like that.

regards.

Two possibilities - a crash or something else left an .rhl file - which is what tells Rhino the file is in use - in the same directory as the file. Normally these .rhl files are deleted when you close the .3dm file, but a crash can leave them stuck there. So Rhino thinks the file is being used even if it isn’t. The .rhl files are hidden, so you will need to show hidden files in windows temporarily to find it if it exists, if so, just delete it.

Otherwise, through some other chain of circumstances, it might have gotten marked as Read-only by Windows. In that case, in file explorer, right click on the file icon, choose Properties, and uncheck “Read-only”.

–Mitch

hi,

i dont know how but it is marked as read-only by windows.

thank you.

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i dont know how but it is marked as read-only by windows.

[/quote]Sh-- happens… :shit: