FTP problem - won't upload because no old remote file

Question

I've used Dreamweaver for years and never run into this, but
I recently installed Dreamweaver MX on a new laptop and keep having
this problem. Sometimes - not always - when I create a new page or
introduce a new graphic on an existing page, the new item will not
upload. The error message I get is:
----The file "filename" was skipped because the old remote
file could not be deleted.---
Of course the old file can't be deleted - there isn't one.
Anyone ever run into this? Is there some setting I need to
change? Do I have to reinstall? I should add that Check-In,
Check-Out IS enabled because I have Contribute users using this
site.

Answer 1

here's an odd possible that may or may not apply-
I use linux/apache hosts, and one of them is set up with the
standard top
level private directory, and the site files go into the
"public_html"
folder. there is also a symbolic link (alias) named "www"
that is linked to
the public_html folder.
If i put www into the host directory line of the site
definition, i could
upload files, but not overwrite or delete them. Putting the
actual folder
name instead of the symbolic link in, public_html , solved
this.