Why Save as Copy?

I have 2 identical layered RGB images. I'm trying to save each as PNG files. One works fine and the other wants to save as a copy? Any ideas why? I've looked everywhere for a difference. It's messing up my droplet.

tkiehl wrote:
If I manually merge before trying to save, the copy is forced. Weird.
After manually merging layers, select from the menu Layer >> New >> Background from Layer or (alternatively) Layer >> Flatten Image. Now if you save as .png the "as a copy" option is deselected by default. I think this should solve your problem.

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