topic Cannot Edit Data after fixing a File Geodatabase Turned Folder in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cannot-edit-data-after-fixing-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/678624#M38460 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Over the weekend my IT department migrated everything from one server onto another. When I came in this morning I noticed that in the process, a few of my File Geodatabases had become folders and I couldn't see the feature classes and datasets in ArcMap (currently working with Desktop 10.6). I found the workaround of copy/paste the gdb and timestamps file from a working file geodatabase into the folder in Windows Explorer. This fixed that issue and I was now able to see my data.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>However, I also need to edit those features and when attempting to start an edit session I receive the error saying that I cannot edit that geodatabase and to ensure that I have the appropriate permissions. I checked and I do. I'm not doing versioning/enterprise so this wasn't a matter going into the Advanced options in Editor. I'm guessing this may be an issue where the file geodatabase itself is missing something related to read/write permissions or editing. All other file geodatabases that were there after the migration are working fine with editing permitted.</P><P></P><P>Has anyone else encountered this and know of a fix?</P><P></P><P>Cheers.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:36:50 GMT JessicaGoodsell1 2019-06-10T18:36:50Z Cannot Edit Data after fixing a File Geodatabase Turned Folder https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cannot-edit-data-after-fixing-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/678624#M38460 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Over the weekend my IT department migrated everything from one server onto another. When I came in this morning I noticed that in the process, a few of my File Geodatabases had become folders and I couldn't see the feature classes and datasets in ArcMap (currently working with Desktop 10.6). I found the workaround of copy/paste the gdb and timestamps file from a working file geodatabase into the folder in Windows Explorer. This fixed that issue and I was now able to see my data.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>However, I also need to edit those features and when attempting to start an edit session I receive the error saying that I cannot edit that geodatabase and to ensure that I have the appropriate permissions. I checked and I do. I'm not doing versioning/enterprise so this wasn't a matter going into the Advanced options in Editor. I'm guessing this may be an issue where the file geodatabase itself is missing something related to read/write permissions or editing. All other file geodatabases that were there after the migration are working fine with editing permitted.</P><P></P><P>Has anyone else encountered this and know of a fix?</P><P></P><P>Cheers.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:36:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cannot-edit-data-after-fixing-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/678624#M38460 JessicaGoodsell1 2019-06-10T18:36:50Z Re: Cannot Edit Data after fixing a File Geodatabase Turned Folder https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cannot-edit-data-after-fixing-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/678625#M38461 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Did you copy from Windows Explorer or ArcCatalog?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jun 2019 19:02:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cannot-edit-data-after-fixing-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/678625#M38461 RobertBorchert 2019-06-10T19:02:08Z