video writer in matlab

I am accessing one video in my code and then modifying it. After that I am writing it using video writer but it is giving error that permission denied. I have look for the permissions i have and i have also run matlab as administrator but same error is coming. can you please tell me what could be problem in this?

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 27 Jan 2016

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Which directory are you trying to write the file to? You cannot write the file anywhere under the MATLAB installation directory; it needs to be in a directory of your own that you have write access to. If the file already exists then you need to have write access to the file.

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error is coming while overwriting the existing video file. I have checked for write permissions as well. but still same error persists. what other things can i do to solve this problem?
What are the results of using fileattrib on the file? In particular the ownership information and all of the permissions ?
You might not be able to write over it while you are still reading from it. Write a brand new file, then delete the original video file, and rename the new one to the old name.
fileattrib results for directory is:
Name: 'e:\harpreet'
archive: 0
system: 0
hidden: 0
directory: 1
UserRead: 1
UserWrite: 1
UserExecute: 1
GroupRead: NaN
GroupWrite: NaN
GroupExecute: NaN
OtherRead: NaN
OtherWrite: NaN
OtherExecute: NaN
and for file is
Name: 'E:\harpreet\puppy.avi'
archive: 1
system: 0
hidden: 0
directory: 0
UserRead: 1
UserWrite: 1
UserExecute: 1
GroupRead: NaN
GroupWrite: NaN
GroupExecute: NaN
OtherRead: NaN
OtherWrite: NaN
OtherExecute: NaN
And also I tried writing the file by deleting it first. But still it is giving the same error.
It appears that you might not be the owner of the file or directory. You will need to use Windows Explorer to examine the folder permissions; see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727008.aspx

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