File write protected Robotstudio 2021.4 64bit.

Falkia

Often when opening a station I get a message that the file is write protected. Choosing NO and try then again can solve the problem, sometimes I have to retry 2 or even 3 times before it opens correctly.
The stations has been closed correctly last time it was used. It also happens when starting robotstudio for the first time after a restart of the PC. The support tool does not report anything about this.

 

Maxim Riabichev

Are you storing the station files on a cloud service, such as OneDrive / Google Drive?

Falkia

Maxim Riabichev said:

Are you storing the station files on a cloud service, such as OneDrive / Google Drive?

Hi,
No, the station is stored local at C:\xx\stations\

I have several colleagues with the same problem.

Maxim Riabichev

Perhaps your anti-virus software is holding the files hostage during a scan? Have you tried disabling the anti-virus software and see if the issue persists?

Falkia

Yes the anti-virus software (ESET Nod32) is disabled to gain performance when running simulation.

Maxim Riabichev

https://superuser.com/questions/117902/find-out-which-process-is-locking-a-file-or-folder-in-windows

Try this?

Falkia

I tried with Process Explorer from sysinternals.com and there is no other process that locks the station when the message appears. When the opening of the station works the Process explorer shows RobotStudio.exe as process of the file so the software Process Explorer works as it should.