gregjohn wrote:
> Hello,  I am using Version 3.6.1c.icl8.win32 on a laptop with WinXP.
> I have turned OFF (0 secs) the Auto-Save Delay as well as "Create Backups."
> 
> I have a CD full of povray scene-files that I created on one PC and need to
> show on another.  I had intended, in a professional setting  (povving for
> the DAY JOB!!!) to show these files to colleagues using in the Windows
> povray Editor by loading them from CD.  Surely, not too an unreasonable
> expectation.
> 
> 
> However, I keep having to shut down these error messages every minute:
> 
> 
> 
> "Failed to save file: Access denied."
> 
> "Failed to save file 'FILENAME.EXT'
> Cancel   Try Again    Continue  "
> 
> 
> 
> It surely ruins the professional atmosphere (and makes povray look BUGGY to
> a non-enthusiast).    Perhaps either:
> i) There's still something more I need to turn off, OR
> ii) there is a bug in that it is impossible to turn off the auto-save.

I can't replicate this issue and looking at the source shows that it should
not be possible. I suspect you are getting this message each time you switch
away from the program, after having changed a file in memory.

If this is the case, it is because you have 'auto-reload' enabled. For that
feature to work, it must save modified files whenever you switch to other
programs. Set 'auto-reload' to 'never' if you don't want this behavior.

-- Chris

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