"the options file was not written successfully" error after installing

[uncleroydee]

After installing VSS on our development server I now get the error message (which I cannot find documented anywhere)"The options file was not written successfully. Check that the disk is writeable and that there is enough room on the disk." every time I try to close Visual Interdev. Visual Interdev also no longer allows us to write to our web content files.

I've since removed Source Safe and Visual Interdev from the server but the problem persists. I'll next be reapplying the Service Pack and FP server extensions.

My server is running NT 4, SP6a, IIS, FrontPage 98 with FP2000 Extensions.

Any clues out there?

Thanks.

 

[TomasDill]

Looks like someone played with access rights on the server...

Vlad Grynchyshyn
vgryn@softserve.lviv.ua

http://www.softserve.lviv.ua

The professional level of programmer could be determined by level of stupidity of his/her bugs

 

[Guest_imported]

We just had this problem. Source Safe marks files as read only. When the VID project files are read only, you can have save problems. Check for your .sln, .suo, .vic, and .vip project files (should be in the root of your project) and go to properties. Make sure the read-only flag is not set. If you're still using VSS, then checking those files out of source safe should take care of these flags for you.

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks SilverRat, that seems to fix my problem.