Saving a file in SQL Server Management Studio failed

Question

I am a student... I try to save a query into a file in my documents, but I get an error message

c:\user\my_account\documents\script.sql file not found
Please check the file name and try again.

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Answer 1

I had the same problem while trying to save a new query in SSMS 18 (after the 1903 windows update). It turned out to be windows defernder's "Controlled folder access" which was turned on. Solutions: turn off "controlled folder access" or whitelyst ssms (restart required)