ZSNES not saving data, and unable to save states

[Shoenin]

ZSNES is simply not saving data. Both game data and configuration. I save a game, and after reloading, the game will simply load to when I 1st loaded the game. Same thing when setting up configurations for ZSNES, it will just reset to settings prior to opening up ZSNES the 1st time, unsaving any changes I did. It's happened with quite a few games(Chrono Trigger, the 3 Final Fantasies, and Zelda Lttp for example)

It does save save states, but for some previous existing states, it will not save over them. Says "unable to save state" over the slot.

im on windows 7, and ZSNES is on an external hardrive. Please help.

[Agozer]

Make sure that the folder ZSNES is trying to save to is not read-only.

[Shoenin]

huh, thats what it was actually. Weird, never set it to it(or does Windows 7 do that automatically?)

It fixed the data saving problem, but the Savestate's being unable to be saved over is still around.

[Gil_Hamilton]

huh, thats what it was actually. Weird, never set it to it(or does Windows 7 do that automatically?)

It's a long-running Windows glitch/feature.
ZSNES is about the only Windows around app that RESPECTS the read-only flag, and since no one USED them, Microsoft decided to use the read-only and system flags as a jury-rigged hack to indicate that the directory's view has been customized in Windows Explorer.


So really, the flaw here is either
A. that ZSNES respects the read-only flag, which Windows sets to indicate something utterly unrelated, or
B. that MS still refers to it AS a read-only flag when using it for something unrelated.