title: ASP.NET error on Bitmap.Save "Exception (0x80004005): A generic error occurred in GDI+."
body: <p>I have a function which first reads an image from disk, resizes it and then saves to another directory.</p>
  
  <p>when i use the Bitmap.Save(directory + theimagename) it returns the error as i stated in the question title.</p>
  
  <p>i checked the directory is right, and the given image name doesn't exist in that dir.</p>
  
  <p>what is weird, is that the same code works great on the local machine. but when i upload it to my shared hosting space, it just doesn't work.</p>
  
  <p>the code is below.</p>
  
  <pre><code>bmpOut = new Bitmap(Size, Size);
  Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmpOut);
  g.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
  g.FillRectangle(Brushes.White, 0, 0, Size, Size);
  int topBottomPadding = 0; int leftRightPadding = 0;
  if (Size &gt; lnNewWidth + 1)
      leftRightPadding = Convert.ToInt32((Size - lnNewWidth) / 2);
  else if (Size &gt; lnNewHeight + 1)
      topBottomPadding = Convert.ToInt32((Size - lnNewHeight) / 2);
  g.DrawImage(loBMP, leftRightPadding, topBottomPadding, lnNewWidth, lnNewHeight);
  Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(bmpOut);
  if (bmp != null)
      bmp.Save(ResizedOutput); // C:\Inetpub\vhosts\DomainName\httpdocs\ProductImages\500px\gigabyte_ga_ep45_ds4_profilelarge[1].jpg
  bmp.Dispose();
  bmpOut.Dispose();
  g.Dispose();
  loBMP.Dispose();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>stack trace:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[ExternalException (0x80004005): A generic error occurred in GDI+.]
     System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams) +377630
     System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageFormat format) +69
     System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename) +25
     Utilities.ResizeImage(String fileName, String mode) in c:\inetpub\vhosts\batuhanakcay.com\httpdocs\App_Code\Utilities.cs:181
     Link.ToProductImage(String fileName) in c:\inetpub\vhosts\batuhanakcay.com\httpdocs\App_Code\Link.cs:79
     Product.PopulateControls(ProductDetails pd) in c:\inetpub\vhosts\batuhanakcay.com\httpdocs\Product.aspx.cs:37
     Product.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\inetpub\vhosts\batuhanakcay.com\httpdocs\Product.aspx.cs:20
  </code></pre>