Vista Won't Let Me Re-save an HTM File

I've tried searching but have not been able to resolve this myself and hope that someone can tell me how to resolve it. I am the sole "User" on this laptop and therefore assume that I am the Administrator ( albeit with perhaps limited rights). My HHD has 2 partitions, one for progs the other (D: for data. The directory in which I am trying to save this file is Utilities ie d:\Utilities. The file is a bog standard HTM file which I transferred into the Utilities folder with no problem. However, after making some amendments to the coding (using Notepad) Vista refused to let me save the file. An error message indicated that I should check that the path was correct which it was as I was using "Save as" to save the file. The Notepad error message generated was:

"Cannot create the D:\Utilities\Resource.htm file
Make sure that the path and file name are correct"

Assuming that this was down to Vista and its frequent "permissions" hassles I tried giving Admin full permission to the the Utilities directory and also the htm file. I did the same with permissions for the User. I also did the same using "Take ownership". None of these made any difference and Vista resolutely refused to resave the file. Ultimately, I managed to save the file by changing the extension to .txt and after saving it renaming it back to htm.

I would be grateful if anyone can indicate how I can resolve this
 
Last edited:

My Computer

Did you try saving as .HTML
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
Under file properties make sure that read only is unckeck. Notepad might not like saving as html. Try notpad++. As a developer you might like certain features.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
Vista draws no distinction between HTM and HTML and while it will create them it refuses to re-save both formats. In both instances "read only" attribute was not ticked. Essentially HTM is a text file so don't understand why it will save a file with a txt extension but not htm or html unless it's because there is a greater opportunity to do things with htm. Thank you both for your input anyway.
 
Last edited:

My Computer

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
Back
Top