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Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Posted by Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Sublime Text 2

I have downloaded sublime text 2 but when trying to save an empty page as "index.html". A pop up window says I cannot save! Why is this?And how can i fix it!

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

can you post exactly what the window says?

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

The exact message one the pop up is "unable to save /index.html"

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

Try uninstalling ST and re-install then reboot your system and try to save a new file to your desktop does this work?

4 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Sounds like you are trying to save your index.html in the root directory which is named /.

Try saving the file on your Desktop.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

If you are trying to save your file as "/index.html" it won't work because the / makes the file name invalid. Try "index.html"

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

I' ve tried again, for some reason the pop up says it reads with a "/" but I did not type that in.

Alejandro Cavazos
Alejandro Cavazos
4,250 Points
Alejandro Cavazos
Alejandro Cavazos
4,250 Points

Are you using a unix based operating system? Os x, ubuntu? Probably you are trying to write to a protected directory. You already tried saving into a other folders such as Desktop?