@Eric, B
Hi Eric,
did you import also one ore more of the "now free" Packs from the new Yamaha shop in to your YEM? Then this can be the reason for this error.
I had the same error on YEM V2.7.0 when I tried saving the Pack Install file (.cpi): "Cannot save the file. Make sure that the memory is not write protected and there is enough free space."
This error occurred because some of these "now free" Packs were buggy in the first version uploaded by Yamaha. In the meantime, Yamaha has uploaded new, error-free versions of these packs.
So if you have such Packs in the YEM, I recommend deleting them from the YEM first. Then you should only select the four Packs of the "Revolution Algorithm" as a test and test whether the "Pack Install" file can now be saved.
If this still doesn't work, I recommend deleting the Pack folder in the YEM user folder. You do this as follows:
• On the computer keyboard, press [Windows] key + [R] to open the "Run" window.
• Enter (or copy from here): %LocalAppData%\Yamaha\Expansion Manager\
• Press [Enter] key. This will automatically open the YEM User folder. (The full path is "C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Local\Yamaha\Expansion Manager\")
• Rename the folder "Packs" to "Packs OLD" here.
• Restart YEM. A new, empty folder "Packs" will be created automatically.
• Import only the four Packs of "Revolution Algorithm" into the YEM and test if you can save the "Pack Install" file correctly.
• If it works now and if you used some "now free" Yamaha Packs before, I recommend to download ALL these Packs again from the Yamaha shop. But note: Do NOT use the OLD links in the "Library" of your Yamaha Account, but put all the Packs into the shopping cart again, proceed to checkout, and "buy" the free Packs again. Then, after waiting some time, use the NEW generated links in your "Library" to download the Packs.
• Alternatively, you can use the old versions of these Yamaha Packs, but import only one at a time and select only this one Pack. Then try to save the "Pack Install" file. If this fails, delete this Pack from YEM and download it again from Yamaha. Do the same for all these Yamaha Packs, but only "one by one".
That way, you don't necessarily have to download all of the Packs again. (Unfortunately there is no information about WHICH Packs were defective in the first version. Therefore, there are only two options: Either download all of these Yamaha Packs again, or, as described, find out by testing with the YEM which Packs are corrupt and then just download these Packs again.)
P.S.
Instead of renaming the folder "Packs" inside the folder "Expansion Manager", you can also rename the whole folder "Expansion Manager" (e.g. to "Expansion Manager OLD". YEM cannot "see" this folder anymore, and when the YEM is restarted, a new initialized User folder "Expansion Manager" is created. You don't necessarily have to completely delete this folder immediately and you can still access the previous files in it if necessary.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Chris