Why can't I save any projects?

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By FloppyDev
:warning: Old Version Published before Godot 3 was released.

I’m running linux mint 32bit and whenever I try to save any existing project I get the error

"ERROR: save: Condition ' err ' is true. returned: ERR_CANT_OPEN At: scene/resources/scene_format_text.cpp:1173."

New projects seem to save fine. I’m not really sure what happened, it was working fine, then I stopped working on my laptop for about a week, and now that I’ve started working on my laptop again, I can’t seem to save any work.

Unless your file is read-only, locked or is at a particular location, I don’t know what’s happening. What is the name of the scene you try to save? Which version of Godot are you using?
That could be a bug, in which case it should be reported here, with all repro details: Issues · godotengine/godot · GitHub

Zylann | 2017-02-18 19:56

Sounds like there are locked files…

Check permission of the directory and files on the project directory, rename the project folder and re-import in case the editor data got corrupted for some reason and/or try self contained mode.

eons | 2017-02-18 21:04

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: lotos

I know I’m late but running Godot as administrator fixed it for me!

You should never have to run Godot as administrator, as this is a security vulnerability. Instead, make sure the Godot executable is in a writable location. In other words, don’t place the executable in Program Files.

Calinou | 2021-02-01 21:23