You did not say where you were sending the GEDCOM. It looks like you are trying to save directly to a CD. This is *not* possible without using "packet writing" software to prepare a CD-RW for this method. If you wish to put the GEDCOM on a CD, first save the GEDCOM to your hard drive. Then burn (copy) it to the CD. It is usually preferred to backup a database. Creating a GEDCOM is a secondary method. A GEDCOM is more useful when trading databases among different genealogy softwares. FL Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: "gilbert9" <gilbert9@flash.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: [FO] Creating GEDCOM file > I recently had a computer crash. Luckily I had some backups and with the help of people on this list I was able to finally restore my main database back to FO 9. I haven't been able to restore a couple of others I had. > > Anyway, my problem now is I'm trying to create a GEDCOM (isn't this actually the BEST way to backup or save data) and when I go to GEDCOM export and try to save it I get the following error message: > > You do not have permission to open this file. See the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permission. > > Any help, AGAIN?