Can’t save file … WHY?

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AlphaBase
Jan 24, 2004
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Recently, this problem’s been happening more and more often. I’ll have an image ("xxx.tif") open, and when I try to save it, I get an error message that says: Could not save as "xxx.tif" because that document is currently open. Save using a different name, or close the document and try again. But I can’t save as a different name. The ONLY thing that WORKS is, closing Photoshop and reopening, then trying again. But in the process, I’ve lost whatever changes I’ve made to xxx.tif.

A specific, common example: Open a TIF file, make some changes, reduce it to 72dpi, and try to Save As, as a JPG file, on my desktop. Can’t do it. Can’t save it ANYWHERE … not on drive C, drive D … keep getting the same bogus message.

Anybody got a clue what’s causing this? Sure would be grateful for some advice….. thanks!
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Jaden
Jan 24, 2004
Have seen this before using Windows XP but not with photoshop (the offender was office XP). Fixed it by creating and using a different user but exacty what the problem was with that user, I have no idea??

Mabye worth a try?

"bilglas" wrote in message
Recently, this problem’s been happening more and more often. I’ll have an image ("xxx.tif") open, and when I try to save it, I get an error message that says: Could not save as "xxx.tif" because that document is currently open. Save using a different name, or close the document and try again.
But
I can’t save as a different name. The ONLY thing that WORKS is, closing Photoshop and reopening, then trying again. But in the process, I’ve lost whatever changes I’ve made to xxx.tif.

A specific, common example: Open a TIF file, make some changes, reduce it
to
72dpi, and try to Save As, as a JPG file, on my desktop. Can’t do it.
Can’t
save it ANYWHERE … not on drive C, drive D … keep getting the same
bogus
message.

Anybody got a clue what’s causing this? Sure would be grateful for some advice….. thanks!

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