Files locking when pivot gifs are saved to them.

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Files locking when pivot gifs are saved to them.

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Mar 23, 2014 2:31 PM #1179173

This is not my problem, but it goes beyond my expertise and therefore it is beyond the expertise of the rest of the Pivot section. Therefore I put it to the rest of you.

http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?29983-How-To-Post-Your-Pivot-Animations/page6

To sum up: Whenever he saves his animations as gifs, the icon of the file in which he saved becomes padlocked. These padlocked files don't appear when he looks for the file to upload it.

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Quote from Bubblewrap
It doesn't give me the option to save as a GIF.

Quote from mizu
Pivot 3: Save animation as > .piv > Change it to .gif
Pivot 4: Export animation > Gif

Quote from Bubblewrap
Thank you. I was able to save as a GIF, but now when I try to upload the file it doesn't display any of my saved GIFs or animations, it just displays the files that came with Pivot 4. I also noticed that the files that are not displayed when I try to upload have small lock symbols when I access them otherwise.

Quote from mizu
Uplaod the Gif to Imgur.com and copy one of the link on the side, the once with the
Quote from Bubblewrap
It won't let me upload the Gif. I tried browsing through files, dragging and dropping the file, and copying and pasting the file. When I try browsing the files, the folder I save all my Gifs to doesn't show up. When I save the Gif to other folders, the file doesn't show up, nor do any of my other animations, but when I access them by going through the files at any other time besides uploading, all of my files are there. The ones that do not show up when I try to upload have small lock symbols by their icons. As for copying and pasting, nothing happens when I paste. It's the same for dragging and dropping.

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You'll need to show us screen shots of your problem then

Quote from Bubblewrap (images fixed)
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AjJp0mP.png" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" alt="Image">

Ok, so look at the folder that is highlighted. It has a small lock symbol by it's icon.

Now when I try to upload, the Gif folder is not there. It's the same for anything with the lock symbol.
If the images don't show up, here are some links:

http://imgur.com/AjJp0mP
http://imgur.com/jRnr9Ct

Quote from Zed
I'm not sure exactly what's going on there but I'd guess there's some sort of security thingy enabled on that GIFs file. Have you tried saving your gifs to a different file and uploading from there?

Quote from Bubblewrap
I already tried that. Any Gif I save ends up having that lock symbol, no matter where I save it. I tried playing around with the security settings but nothing has worked so far.

Presumably it's some clusterfuck of a security setting but I don't think I've seen this problem before and I would like to know how to fix it for next time.

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Mar 24, 2014 2:18 AM #1179368

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17117/remove-the-lock-icon-from-a-folder-in-windows-7/

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Mar 24, 2014 11:06 PM #1179617

USE FILZ
edit: oh wait nvm. save as avi, put in somekind of media uploader, THEN save as gif. Or just leave as avi, cuz then you can do sounds.

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Mar 25, 2014 11:27 PM #1179952

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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17117/remove-the-lock-icon-from-a-folder-in-windows-7/

This didn't work. When I click on system and press edit, it brings up a window that says that I do not have ownership of the file, and that I need to change the ownership of the file to me, but when I try to do this, it brings up an error message that says it was unable to change ownership of the file because the system could not find the file specified.

Also, I can't save as avi.

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Mar 26, 2014 4:17 AM #1180073

Quote from Bubblewrap
This didn't work. When I click on system and press edit, it brings up a window that says that I do not have ownership of the file, and that I need to change the ownership of the file to me, but when I try to do this, it brings up an error message that says it was unable to change ownership of the file because the system could not find the file specified.

Also, I can't save as avi.

don't paraphrase computer errors, it's very unhelpful for troubleshooting (read: i have no idea what you're talking about if you do this). provide some printscreens or directly quoted error messages instead, please.

while you're at it, give me some printscreens of the properties dialog of the folder - specifically the "general" and "security" tabs.

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Mar 26, 2014 11:53 PM #1180556

Somehow I knew I would need to show some print screens. Anyway, here is the folder's security properties:

And here is the general properties:

And here is what happens when I try to change permissions for any user:

It gives me this error message no matter who I try to change the owner to:

I think the problem is that the system somehow forgot who the owner of the file was, even though I am the only one who uses my computer.

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Mar 27, 2014 2:15 AM #1180600

Quote from Bubblewrap
Somehow I knew I would need to show some print screens. Anyway, here is the folder's security properties:

And here is the general properties:

And here is what happens when I try to change permissions for any user:

It gives me this error message no matter who I try to change the owner to:

I think the problem is that the system somehow forgot who the owner of the file was, even though I am the only one who uses my computer.

you're clicking 'advanced'. you're meant to be clicking 'edit' (and i am assuming that you have administrator priveliges).

you could also try simply making a new folder on your destop and trying to save your gif there.

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Mar 27, 2014 10:51 PM #1180921

Quote from Scarecrow
you're clicking 'advanced'. you're meant to be clicking 'edit' (and i am assuming that you have administrator priveliges).

you could also try simply making a new folder on your destop and trying to save your gif there.

Thank you. This worked. Doesn't it make you feel silly when such a complicated problem has such a simple solution? Anyway, now I can post my animations and receive criticism!