You do not have the right to write in this folder

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Hi everyone,

I'm getting an error when I try to open a protocol I worked on previously.

"You do not have the right to write in this folder. (lists folder). Opening protocol in read-only mode"

I've tried uninstalling and re-installing, moving folders around, checking on permissions etc, but seem to be stuck. I'm using my personal university laptop and stumped. Any suggestions would be incredible.

Thank you!

brian

Brian Kavanaugh, PsyD, ABPP
Board Certified Pediatric Neuropsychologist, E. P. Bradley Hospital
Assistant Professor, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

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Can it be that the user name has change since then? Or that the Protocol was created when you logged as different user?

Open Brainstorm, try to create a new Protocol, and open it.
If it does not work, check the Attributes of your brainstorm_db folder

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Hi Raymundo,

Thanks for getting back so quickly!

No to different user name or different user.

But it is weird, I can always create a new protocol, but when I exit that protocol and then try to re-enter, it gives me the read-only error.

I checked attributes and it is the following here, which is the same as my other folders.

I also made sure the folder was added to the matlab path in case that was the issue.

Should the brainstorm_db be in a certain place?

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Thanks Raymundo!

brian

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That is not an issue, and I would not do it.
What does it happen if you uncheck Read-only attribute in the folder?

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When I uncheck and try to open a protocol again, I get the same issue. When I go back to attributes, it is again checked as the black box (default).

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Are you using Brainstorm with or without Matlab?
Which Windows version?

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with matlab. windows 10.

i just tried to run it in our remote desktop/ood option, and it worked fine. not sure what i'm doing on my personal laptop to mess it up, but i do not get the error when using the remote desktop.

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Remote access to the personal laptop, or remote desktop to another computer?

Can you run Matlab as admin in your personal laptop?

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sorry, remote access to a university virtual environment unrelated to my personal laptop. which seems to work great.

yes, i ran matlab as admin in my personal laptop and still get the same issue.

i'm sorry! i can just go with the virtual environment if I can't solve the read-only issue

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Facing the the same issue.
I am able to read and work with all the previously created protocols under the same brainstorm_db folder. However, the newly created protocols are showing the read only warning, once the brainstorm is closed and reopened, hence unable to add any further subject or do any kind of modification to the protocol.

Any solution to this will be of great help :pray:

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Hi @Suhas,

Check that you have write permissions for the following:

  • The Brainstorm database dir
    The path can be printed with the command: bst_get('BrainstormDbFile')

  • The Protocol dir

  • The Protocol database file (/ProtocolDir/data/protocol.mat)

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@Raymundo.Cassani
Thank you for your quick response!

I verified the write permission for the aforementioned folders. They are all inctact.

While I am able to create a new protocol and do all the processing, I lose the access once I close the application and reopen it. Not sure why would that happen!

One of the temporary soultion I found is to export the the corrupted protocol into a zip folder (through Brainstorm), detach and delete the corrupted protocol, and import the zip folder again. This works as along as app is closed again. However, it may not be a feasible solution especilly for a large protocol with all the functional data added.

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Which OS are you using?

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Windows 11 pro, Matlab R2023b, Brainstorm is updated with the latest updates.

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I am having the exact same issue. I just updated Brainstorm with 11-Dec-2024 version, am using Win 11 and Matlab 2024a. I am able to access protocols that I created a couple of months ago and even a couple of years ago, but when I create a new protocol and get out of it (close session or switch to another protocol) and try to return I get this error.

Suggestions? Thanks!

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@aeddins22, Developers may come up with the solution soon. However, as a temporary fix, I followed this step couple of times: You do not have the right to write in this folder - #12 by Suhas
and then it got resolved by itself. You may try the same.

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Thank you @Suhas for the suggested hack for accessing my protocol. Unfortunately, it won't import some of the default anatomy or global channel files, so I'm stuck. I can't really start over again with a new protocol, because I will end up in the same place not being able to access it when I close my session. This is really a showstopper for Brainstorm functionality if users cannot create new protocols and use them once they're created. Are any of the developers monitoring this chain? Any solutions for restoring this fundamental capability in Brainstorm, or is there something unique to why some of us are having this issue and perhaps others are not? Thank you for your help!