# Unable to get the experiment running

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unable-to-get-the-experiment-running/17717>\
**Category:** Online experiments\
**Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unable-to-get-the-experiment-running/17717 "2020-11-02T06:42:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![psychisawesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@psychisawesome](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/psychisawesome)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unable-to-get-the-experiment-running/17717/1 "2020-11-02T06:42:16Z")

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I recently downloaded the latest version of psychopy and tried to get my experiment to run but failed. The details of the error is posted below. Will really appreciate it if it can be solved ASAP!

Details:  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\app\builder\builder.py”, line 1066, in runFile  
self.app.runner.panel.runLocal(event)  
File “C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\app\runner\runner.py”, line 559, in runLocal  
exp=self.loadExperiment())  
File “C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\scripts\psyexpCompile.py”, line 73, in generateScript  
compileScript(infile=exp, version=None, outfile=filename)  
File “C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\scripts\psyexpCompile.py”, line 242, in compileScript  
\_makeTarget(thisExp, outfile, targetOutput)  
File “C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\scripts\psyexpCompile.py”, line 232, in \_makeTarget  
with io.open(eval(scripts), ‘w’, encoding=‘utf-8-sig’) as f:  
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘C:\Users\kagtan\OneDrive - Nanyang Technological University\OER\OER0919\Updated Psychopy Files\PsychoPy Audio (recut files)\_UPDATED 2910\ImplicitEK\_Tone\_First\_English start with sound\_lastrun.py’

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**Author:** ![wakecarter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/wakecarter/32/5753_2.png) [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unable-to-get-the-experiment-running/17717/2 "2020-11-02T07:27:18Z")

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Are you using cloud storage (onedrive) for your files? I found I could only sync with Pavlovia from a local drive, not Google Drive.

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**Author:** ![psychisawesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@psychisawesome](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/psychisawesome)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unable-to-get-the-experiment-running/17717/3 "2020-11-02T13:02:22Z")

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Nope, it is in local drive