Photoshop javascript save error 8800 in Win7

[Big Dave]

In my javascript, in Windows 7, Photoshop CS2 & Photoshop CS5, it throws an error:

Error 8800: General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop.
- Could not save a copy as "C:...\wcb-010B-11Y.jpg" because the file could not be found.
Line: 458
-> docRef.saveAs( saveFile, jpgSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE );

here is a summary of the code to save the image:

Code: Select allvar selectedSaveDir = "~/Desktop/";
var sFileNamePreFix = "wcb-";
var docName = app.activeDocument.name;
var docNewName = docName.substr( 0, docName.length - 4 );  // strip file extension
var sNewDocName = sFileNamePreFix + docNewName + ".jpg"
var sNewFileName = selectedSaveDir + sNewDocName;
//alert( "sNewFileName = " + sNewFileName );     // test to verify correct location
var saveFile = new File(sNewFileName);
jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpgSaveOptions.quality = 12;
docRef.saveAs(saveFile, jpgSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);

In Windows XP, this script works very well in CS2 with no problems.... just in Windows 7 is where this issue occurs using CS2 or CS5.

The problem seems to be similar to : Photoshop Javascript scripting saving and closing document But I don't know his OS.

I've added the "alert(" and confirmed the save folder & name is correct and can be saved to, but same issue.

Could it be a UAC issue in Windows 7 ? and how do you Fix it ? I've turned off all UAC settings (I think I did it correctly), but it still occurs.

Any Help ?

[Gattung]

I've run into this same situation.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

[Gattung]

I tracked it down to a "/" forward slash in my named layergroups. Now I just have to figure out how to not allow the script to use bad characters

[Mike Hale]

You need to replace the slash with something else. Either by renaming or using a String.replace.

var mySafeDocName = myDocName.replace('/','_');

[Mike Hale]

You need to replace the slash with something else. Either by renaming or using a String.replace.

var mySafeDocName = myDocName.replace('/','_');