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How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:05 am
by royofherts
Hi I have uploaded a song from a USB stick and the site says i musy get permission to open it. Why do i need permission to open my own file

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:14 am
by steve
royofherts wrote:
Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:05 am
the site says
What does that mean (what "site" are you talking about)?
What is the exact and complete message?

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:59 pm
by royofherts
The site in question is Audacity, and the message reads You can not open this file without permision of either a Administrater.or the file owners permision

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:26 pm
by steve
royofherts wrote:
Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:59 pm
The site in question is Audacity
I don't understand. Do you mean the Audacity website, or the Audacity application (the software program)?
royofherts wrote:
Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:59 pm
You can not open this file without permision of either a Administrater.or the file owners permision
That looks like an operating system message.

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:32 pm
by royofherts
So What can be done about it

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:34 pm
by royofherts
The file is in Wave form and i want to convert it to MP3

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:50 pm
by steve
Can you copy the WAV file to your "Documents" folder?

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:51 pm
by royofherts
I have moved it to my documents

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:54 pm
by steve
Are you able to import it into Audacity from Documents?

Re: How do i get my own permission to open a file

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:45 pm
by kozikowski
I have uploaded a song
Are you on a corporate or training environment? Sometimes schools limit your ability to manage and share music. Did you sing or play the music? Do you have a stand-alone Windows machine?

Koz