Failed to rename old component library file C:\

Hello everyone
I am created new symbol from old library and everything is working but each modification save its displaying error 3times …
Please see the pics…


Thanks .

You are trying to save your user library to the “C:\Program Files” folder. Windows doesn’t allow this without administrator privileges that KiCad doesn’t normally have. Put your user libraries somewhere where your user has normal write privileges.

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It is safest to put custom symbols and footprints in your own directory
Something like:
C:\Users\yourname\kicad\symbols…
C:\Users\yourname\kicad\modules…

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thanks all
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thanks everybody:slightly_smiling_face:

You can define some default configuration by editing kicad.pro. Windows also has something against.
Because of this I install whole KiCad not into “Program Files” but into defined by me other directory.

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