FCE – file error: the specified file is locked

[Tom Wolsky]

It’s in the first panel of System Settings.

All the best,

Tom

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Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Craig Thomas quinlan]

This is a permissions issue. Make sure you have r/w access to the location you had your autosave vault set for.

[Tim Webber]

How does one change the permissions? I recently changed computers (I run my video off of an external hard drive) and I am receiving this message.

[Chad Johnstone]

I just experienced this issue. Under “Sequence” I went into “Render All” and right clicked my mouse to un-check the “Full” selection. Not sure why, but when I rendered it, it was fine.