I've downloaded, and have been using Inkscape for the past several weeks. At first it worked well, but now, I can't save files. Please help...thanks

> I can't save files.

If you are using the Windows port of Inkscape 0.48.2, your problem very likely has been triggered by opening/saving files from/to the root of a drive, a known bug in Inkscape 0.48.2. on Windows, tracked in
- Bug #805095 "no File->Save As... dialog box if previously opened a file from root directory of a drive"
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/805095>

You can …

… download and install Inkscape 0.48.3.1 (which has this bug fixed) from
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.3.1/>
(this latest bug-fix release has not yet been officially announced because we are waiting for the packages for other platforms to be available first)

… or reset the preferences to default values (quit Inkscape, delete or rename "%APPDATA%\inkscape\preferences.xml", launch Inkscape again), and avoid saving or opening files from the root of a drive as long as you work with Inkscape 0.48.2 on Windows.

… or open a file _not_ in the root of a drive via context menu of the explorer in Inkscape ('Open with Inkscape…'), save it again after a small edit, save it as (with a new file name), and save a copy as (to reset the paths stored in the preferences file for the various save operations), and after that avoid saving or opening files from the root of a drive as long as you work with Inkscape 0.48.2 on Windows.

Linking as duplicate to bug #805095 - please add a comment here and revert the duplicate status if you don't agree and think these are different issues.

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Oops - please ignore the last sentence of the previous reply (about the duplicate status) - I should have reread the draft more thoroughly and removed the parts which only are relevant to reports in the bug tracker, but not to questions in the 'Answers' section.
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Thanks, I did download the later version, and it fixed the problem.

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 4:11 AM, ~suv
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The program may have corrupted by beginner attempts . un-install ,and reinstall ink scape may fix the issue

@shaju - no, that was not the problem. Richard encountered a known regression with the Windows port of Inkscape 0.48.2, which is solved in the newer bug-fix release 0.48.3.1.