I don't believe in reinventing the wheel, so if I create a feature, like a hole pattern or loft, that I know I will be reusing in other designs, I will save it to my design library.

 

I am running SW2008 SP1.1 on my laptop with Windows Vista operating system.  When I tried to save my hole pattern to the design library, I get an error message..."unable to save".

 

I check the folder and it is set to "Read Only".  I try to disable it and the read only label continues to stick.

 

Frustrated I run a searth on the internet and get this link on how to disable the read only setting on folders in Vista.

 

Apparently, Vista sets all user created folders as Read Only and makes it extra hard for that setting to be disabled to protect users from malware.  In this case, they do such a good job, they interfere with users' ability to actually be productive and use their computers.

 

What the link does not tell you is 1)  Close down SW when you make the change and 2) you have to reboot before Windows will see the change.

 

The folder will still display 'read only' in Properties, but SW will now allow you to save to the design library.

 

Since Inventor has a similar set-up with their Feature Library, I would expect that Inventor users with Vista will have to do the same thing.