After effects not saving files!

yo after effects cs5.5 is saying warning error not able to save (file name) Why would it do this?

By "save a file" I'm guessing (since you don't provide any information at all!) that you are talking about an AE project file? Can you save it to another location on your disk?

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thanks for your reply!
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3 questions
For the longest time I have been told when importing PSDs to
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>Is there a way to avoid creating a 720 540 PSD and then crunching
>down to 486? And somehow keep circles circles and photographs not
>stretched.
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>How do you import an illustrattor file into After Effectcs with
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See this:
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