Re: "cannot open for write" midi error on Windows7

[Daisy A]

Jan Warchoł <lemniskata.bernoulliego <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Do i understand correctly that you are trying to run lilypond on a
> file that is located on another computer?
> I know that doing this is impossible for me (i mean, if i have a .ly
> file in a shared folder on the HDD of my Windows XP machine and i open
> the shared folder on my Win 7 machine and try to compile that file, it
> doesn't work - i get similar error).
> I don't know if this is intended behaviour or bug, though.
> 
> hth,
> Janek
> 

No, it's all on the same computer. Lilypond is installed on a partitioned drive:
D:\Music\Lilypond 
I work on my current lilypond files at this same location, using notepad and
then drag-and-dropping them to the shortcut inside the lilypond folder. This
used to work on my old OS I'm pretty sure, but after changing to Windows7 I get
the 'cannot write file' error and nothing compiles.

Strangely, once the shortcut is moved to the desktop (C:\Users\Daisy\Desktop),
it works perfectly - even though the program itself is on the D drive.
There's probably some instructions somewhere that say that the shortcut MUST be
on the desktop - it's just a bit weird as it seems to be only Windows7 that
creates this behaviour. 

Anyway, I'm happy working with current files on the desktop before I file them
away on D: so thanks for the help all.
Daisy