[JohnGo]

Dell Inspiron 5555; Win 10 Home, OS

 

A few days ago my laptop stopped allowing me to save a file from installed programs (Photoshop, SoundForge, etc) to the folder where they are normally stored.  When I attempt to save a file this error message appears: 

 

C:\Users\John\ Music\(file name)\.mp3. File Not Found.  Check the file name and try again.

 

 

I've researched online for a solution and see that it occurs often in Win 10. I have not been able to find anything that works for me.

Thank you for some help here.

 

John Go

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Will it save to Desktop or Download folders? Does the C:\Users\John\ Music\ folder exist on your computer.

[dmccoy]

Will it save to Desktop or Download folders? Does the C:\Users\John\ Music\ folder exist on your computer.

[JohnGo]

The C:\Users\John\ Music\ folder does exist.  I can "save as" to Downloads, but not Desktop.

[dmccoy]

Okay try one more thing. Can you save to any folder in c:\users\john\

[dmccoy]

• Press the Windows + X keys to open the Advanced menu
• Select Windows Powershell (Admin) from the menu
• Copy and paste the commands below in the code box and press Enter
• This will open the results in Notepad
  Copy and Paste the results to your reply.
  

  cd users\john
  get-acl | fl | out-file "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"
  start notepad "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"
  

[JohnGo]

I tried saving a file to the following folders in c:\users\john: Pictures, Documents, Videos, and Favorites.  None would save.

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd users\john

cd : Cannot find path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\users\john' because it does not exist.

At line:1 char:1

+ cd users\john

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\WINDOWS\system32\users\john:String) [Set-Location], ItemNotFoundExce

   ption

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand

 

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-acl | fl | out-file "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"

out-file : Could not find file 'C:\Users\John\Desktop\file.txt'.

At line:1 char:16

+ get-acl | fl | out-file "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"

+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: ( [Out-File], FileNotFoundException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutFileCommand

 

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> start notepad "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"

[dmccoy]

Please verify this is the correct name of your user file - cd users\john. If not change to appropriate name. Nevermind I found the problem.

 

Try this command

cd \users\john
get-acl | fl | out-file "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"
start notepad "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"

Edited by dmccoy, 26 September 2018 - 11:49 AM.

[JohnGo]

Windows PowerShell

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd \users\john

PS C:\users\john> get-acl | fl | out-file "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"

out-file : Could not find file 'C:\Users\John\Desktop\file.txt'.

At line:1 char:16

+ get-acl | fl | out-file "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"

+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: ( [Out-File], FileNotFoundException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutFileCommand

 

PS C:\users\john> start notepad "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\file.txt"

[dmccoy]

I am not sure why the command is not working I tested it on mine and it worked correctly. Try copying and pasting one line at a time in powershell if that does not work we will try another way.

 

Okay try this I think it is the same issue you are experiencing and will not let us copy to the desktop

 

cd \users\john
get-acl | fl | out-file c:\file.txt
start notepad c:\file.txt

Edited by dmccoy, 26 September 2018 - 12:11 PM.

[dmccoy]

If that still does not work then try as follows

 

cd \users\john

get-acl | fl

 

This will output the results in Powershell windows.

 

Select all the results and copy and paste to your reply.

[JohnGo]

Windows PowerShell

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd \users\john

PS C:\users\john>

PS C:\users\john> get-acl | flcd \users\john

flcd : The term 'flcd' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check

the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

At line:1 char:11

+ get-acl | flcd \users\john

+           ~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (flcd:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

 

PS C:\users\john>

PS C:\users\john> get-acl | fl

[dmccoy]

These are two seperate commands: 

 

not like this: get-acl | flcd \users\john

 

1. cd \users\john

2. get-acl | fl

[dmccoy]

If you cannot get that to work then try the following

 

type cmd (which switches from powershell to command prompt)

type or copy and paste: dir c:\users\john /Q > 0 & notepad 0 (zeros)

Edited by dmccoy, 26 September 2018 - 12:58 PM.

[JohnGo]

Windows PowerShell

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(#1)  PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

 

 

 

 

 

(# 2)  Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 

          PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-acl | fl

 

[JohnGo]

Windows PowerShell

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(#1)  PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

 

 

 

 

 

(# 2)  Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 

          PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-acl | fl