problem with file names duplication

[Bob Ferguson]

Hi Folks, first time on here. I have had a problem for some time now when I save the recording in cakewalk I am working on. When I come back next time to open the song. I get a cakewalk message saying -file name already exists choose another. This is for many songs that I am working on and happens right after first save of a first time recording. So its not me saving a file with a name that already exists. I have to keep adding b then c the d to end of file to keep openiong and when I come back to a song I have left alone for a while., trying to remember which is which in the files is driving me nuts. Anyone know how to fix this problem. is it to do with auto-save by any chance? cheers Fergie

[Nigel Mackay]

So you create a project. You call it Bob's Song. You save it. In a folder called Bob's Song. You shut down the PC.

Tomorrow morning to try to open Bob's Song and Cakewalk tells you the name already exists. Or is that a typo and you mean you work a bit on it and then save?

Are you maybe using Save As..?

If you are working on Bob's Song, autosave saves it as Auto-save Copy of Bob's Song.

 

[Bob Ferguson]

yeah you have it right. Each time I save the project I use Save as. Is that the problem? Should it just be save?

[Nigel Mackay]

The whole point of Save as is to change the name. You just use Save.

[Bob Ferguson]

Thanks, I'm a total numb-nuts then. LOL .  I need to read the manual more I think. Thanks for the help.

 

 

[Nigel Mackay]

Save vs Save as is not Cakewalk. It is computers. Every computer program in the world uses Save to save, and Save as to save under a new name. 😀

[Bob Ferguson]

cheers. Appreciate it. Some parts of technology seem to have skipped by me. LOL