Hi

I have just updated my ColorSchemer to build 126 and now find that when I try to exit the program an error box appears with the message "Cannot create file C:\Documents and Settings[myname]\Application Data\CoffeeCup Software\CoffeeCup Color Schemer\Schemer.dat". The program then fails to exit and I am unable to save any of my color schemes.

I am using Windows 8 so was a bit surprised as I thought it should save the file to C:\Users[myname]\AppData\Roaming\CoffeeCup Software\CoffeeCup Color Schemer\Schemer.dat.

Can you throw any light on this?

Kelvin Seacombe

Don't know about Win8 yet, but, are you running the program as 'Administrator' ? That seems to fix many issues in newer windows versions. Just a thought...

Hiya Kelvin,

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling it? Also try setting the program to run as Admin:

1. Right click the shortcut you use to start the program and choose Properties on the menu that pops up.
2. Go to the Compatibilities tab on that next window.
3. Put a check in the box at the bottom to Run as Administrator and say OK or Save.

Now try running the program and see if that helps. Not sure it will help with this issue, but worth a try before reinstalling it. Be sure to Uninstall it before Reinstalling it so it's a clean install also.

I have now tried a clean install, as well as 'Running as Administrator' but still no good!.
However if I log onto Windows using the Administrator account and run ColorSchemer then all is OK.

Oh the joys of Windows User Account Control.

hmm, that's pretty strange, usually if it runs well under an Admin account, giving it admin privs will fix the problem. What version of windows are you on? Have you tried running with a different Windows version compatibility setting?

I'm using Windows 8 Pro. I've tried running under the WinXP and Win7 compatibility modes to no avail. When I was running Windows 7 Ultimate OS the problem wasn't apparent.

I would suggest opening a support ticket Kelvin and hopefully one of the CC staff can help work that out. I'm using Windows 8 Pro also and came from Windows 7 Ultimate too and have had no issues with that program or any other CC ones for that matter. Not sure what else to suggest here.

It sounds to me like the account you are logged in as may not have full admin access. That would explain why logging in as the Admin account worked. You may want to switch over to the other account and use that one instead. Probably not the perfect solution, but if you already know that fixes it, I say go with it.

One other question, when you initially installed the application, did you install as 'administrator'?
If not, you might try uninstalling, then right click the install file and select 'run as administrator' and let it install. That works for win7 on some things, not sure about win8.

Thanks Gunsmoke.
I did the initial install under the Administrator account.

I have just discovered that running ColorSchemer under my wife's account work fine as well. We both have Users and Admistrators privileges so I think I will just try re-creating my account and hope the problem goes away.