# Picard 96% errno 13

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-96-errno-13/418749>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard\
**Tags:** error\
**Created:** [February 28, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-96-errno-13/418749 "2019-02-28T22:37:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tip32a](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@tip32a](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tip32a)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-96-errno-13/418749/1 "2019-02-28T22:37:35Z")

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I am sorting mp3 files from a different hard drive (first time working with this hard drive music collection) I did the usual select folder. Cluster Lookup. WhenI went to save nothing writes in the destination folder (same folder I have been using for the last few weeks) At the bottom of Picard is the full path with file name then 96% (errno 13) permission denied.

I have taken ownership of the entire folder structure. I have launched Picard as an administrator. I have made sure every file and folder in the entilr folder structure is NOT read only.

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**Author:** ![outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/outsidecontext/32/90_2.png) [@outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/outsidecontext)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-96-errno-13/418749/2 "2019-03-01T07:07:06Z")

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Can you with your normal user actually modify the files in question? Please double check the permissions and read-only flag of a specific file that does fail saving, not just of the top folders. Maybe show us a screenshot of the permission settings of one such file.

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**Author:** ![Zas](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/zas/32/28_2.png) [@Zas](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Zas)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-96-errno-13/418749/3 "2019-03-01T08:49:37Z")

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As usual, providing a debug log would help us here, see [https://picard.musicbrainz.org/docs/troubleshooting/](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/docs/troubleshooting/)  
You don’t even provide info about your system or Picard version used…

This error is usually just what it says, a permission issue.