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→OSCAR "unable to write to Oscar directory" at startup
'''Description:''' OSCAR terminates with an error message "unable to write to OSCAR directory" at startup.
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'''Possible fault mechanismmechanisms:''' Either an 1) An anti-virus or other security program is preventing OSCAR from writing to disk or , 2) permissions are set incorrectly on some folders, or 3) you have placed OSCAR_Data in a directory that the system has reserved and will not allow user data to reside in.
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'''Solution or workaround:''' 1) Specify that OSCAR is an allowed program in your anti-virus or security program. 2) If permissions in Documents or OSCAR_Data directories are not set to allow writing, change the security settings so that writing is allowed. 3) Do not place OSCAR_Data in a system reserved directory (such as C:\Program Files on Windows).
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OSCAR 1.2.0 added a test at startup to check that it could properly write data to your OSCAR_Data directory. Previous versions of OSCAR would stumble through and give partial results but not write data to the OSCAR database.
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