<![CDATA[Do Qt Programs Have Permssion to Copy Files to the Users Directory?]]>I am trying to copy a file from a qrc resource location to a temporary location where microsoft word can open it. The copy() method in the code below returns false. Any ideas why? I think it might be because the program doesn't have permission to copy the file to the user directory.

const QString GNULicenseCopyDirectory = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::TempLocation);
if (QFile::exists(GNULicenseCopyDirectory + "/COPYINGtemp.docx"))
    {
        QFile::remove(GNULicenseCopyDirectory + "/COPYINGtemp.docx");
    }
bool results = QFile::copy(":/resources/Copying.docx",
GNULicenseCopyDirectory + "/COPYINGtemp.docx");
QDesktopServices::openUrl("file:///" + GNULicenseCopyDirectory + "/COPYINGtemp.docx");
]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/82608/do-qt-programs-have-permssion-to-copy-files-to-the-users-directoryRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 11:43:16 GMTTue, 22 Aug 2017 19:57:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Do Qt Programs Have Permssion to Copy Files to the Users Directory? on Tue, 22 Aug 2017 20:52:12 GMT]]>Hi,

Are you sure the qrc path is correct ?

You should also consider putting the path to the temp file in a variable. You are calling GNULicenseCopyDirectory + "/COPYINGtemp.docx" four times thus it means that if you modify the file name for whatever reasons, you'll have to do it also four times.

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