I have Corel PhotoPaint X5 running on Windows 7 x64. Every time I save a jpg or jpeg file, the file cannot be shared and appears with a padlock on the bottom left hand corner. To be able to share it, I have to go to the properties of every individual photo and add "Everyone" to the permissions in the Security Tab. Other files save OK. Its only jpg/jpeg files that get locked. Anyone have any ideas how to solve this annoying problem?
I am having issues saving a jpg file after I edit it. None of the changes are saved. The only way to get around this is to "save as" and give file another name. I am also runnung Win7 64bit and Corelx5. I'll keep using this solution untill MS o Corel come up with a fix.
Between the random crashes prior to SP3 and now the weird file locking and not saving file changes, I've had it.
I resisted switching to other graphics apps for over a decade, especially since I have old .cpt files that basically lock me into staying with PhotoPaint, but X5 has been nightmarish. I can see now I need to learn how to work in other graphics tools ASAP and convert my old .cpt files to others while my X5 is still somewhat functional.
I know how to fix this
You have to right click on THE FOLDER (where the locked files are) go to properties
click on sharing make sure folder is shared
go to Security you will see a list
you will see an unknow account
click on it - edit it and give full control you may have to do it for each one in the list
and make sure they are inherited
and in the final window make to sure reset from read only is checked
this worked for me
This is a bug.
The bug is still there in PhotoPaint X6.
The issue does not occur on PhotoPaint X3 (which you can happily run side by side with X6, by the way) or on competing programs such as PhotoShop 5.5.
As has been pointed out below, you can rectify the issue as a once off by explicitly granting permissions to the file, e.g. by right clicking on the file in Windows Explorer and (under the security tab) granting the "Users" group read access to the file or folder, or by propagating the permission on the folder or parent folder.
If anyone is reading this from the Corel team - this issue can be quite detrimental to productivity. I'd love it if you could please fix the issue.
I ended up writing a Windows shell script that automatically grants read permissions to the "Users" group after you save a file.
Does anyone know if this been resolved? I run into this every day now. My Corel X5 will suddenly not allow me to save one kind of file or another.
I can't work like this.