diff --git a/language/common_res.h b/language/common_res.h
index 83ecc1171..587065b16 100644
--- a/language/common_res.h
+++ b/language/common_res.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 #define IDS_MUI_DROP_NO_FILE            14018
 #define IDS_MUI_SELMULTI                14019
 #define IDS_MUI_SELRECTORMULTI          14020
+#define IDS_MUI_INIFILE_READONLY        14021
 
 #define IDS_MUI_ASK_SAVE                15000
 #define IDS_MUI_ASK_REVERT              15001
diff --git a/language/np3_de_de/strings_de_de.rc b/language/np3_de_de/strings_de_de.rc
index 4c0c10c0e..c87462861 100644
--- a/language/np3_de_de/strings_de_de.rc
+++ b/language/np3_de_de/strings_de_de.rc
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ BEGIN
     IDS_MUI_SAVEDSETTINGS   "Die aktuellen Notepad3 Einstellungen wurden gespeichert."
     IDS_MUI_CREATEINI_FAIL  "Fehler bei der Erzeugung einer Konfigurationsdatei."
     IDS_MUI_WRITEINI_FAIL   "Fehler beim schreiben der Einstellungen in die Konfigurationsdatei."
+    IDS_MUI_INIFILE_READONLY
+                            "Die Konfigurationsdatei ist schreibgeschützt - ignorieren und Konfiguration überschreiben?"
     IDS_MUI_SETTINGSNOTSAVED
                             "Es wurde keine Konfigurationsdatei gefunden.\nUm die Veränderungen der Stilanpassungen zu behalten, sollten die Einstellungen gespeichert werden (F7) oder über die Schematakonfiguration (Ctrl+F12) exportiert werden."
 END
diff --git a/language/np3_en_gb/strings_en_gb.rc b/language/np3_en_gb/strings_en_gb.rc
index 48083f502..02b72b6a3 100644
--- a/language/np3_en_gb/strings_en_gb.rc
+++ b/language/np3_en_gb/strings_en_gb.rc
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ BEGIN
     IDS_MUI_SAVEDSETTINGS   "The current program settings have been saved."
     IDS_MUI_CREATEINI_FAIL  "Error creating configuration file."
     IDS_MUI_WRITEINI_FAIL   "Error writing settings to configuration file."
+    IDS_MUI_INIFILE_READONLY
+                            "Configuration file is readonly - ignore and override settings?"
     IDS_MUI_SETTINGSNOTSAVED
                             "No existing configuration file was found.\nTo keep your style modifications, save settings now (F7) or go back to scheme configuration (Ctrl+F12) and export your styles."
 END
diff --git a/language/np3_en_us/strings_en_us.rc b/language/np3_en_us/strings_en_us.rc
index 21a7c117c..3f79c2d54 100644
--- a/language/np3_en_us/strings_en_us.rc
+++ b/language/np3_en_us/strings_en_us.rc
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ BEGIN
     IDS_MUI_SAVEDSETTINGS   "The current program settings have been saved."
     IDS_MUI_CREATEINI_FAIL  "Error creating configuration file."
     IDS_MUI_WRITEINI_FAIL   "Error writing settings to configuration file."
+    IDS_MUI_INIFILE_READONLY
+                            "Configuration file is readonly - ignore and override settings?"
     IDS_MUI_SETTINGSNOTSAVED
                             "No existing configuration file was found.\nTo keep your style modifications, save settings now (F7) or go back to scheme configuration (Ctrl+F12) and export your styles."
 END
diff --git a/src/Config/Config.cpp b/src/Config/Config.cpp
index 8e6da9202..30afeb5de 100644
--- a/src/Config/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config/Config.cpp
@@ -2099,6 +2099,70 @@ __try {
 }
 
 
+
+//=============================================================================
+//
+//  CmdSaveSettingsNow()
+//
+void CmdSaveSettingsNow()
+{
+  bool bCreateFailure = false;
+  if (StrIsEmpty(Globals.IniFile)) {
+    if (StrIsNotEmpty(Globals.IniFileDefault)) {
+      StringCchCopy(Globals.IniFile, COUNTOF(Globals.IniFile), Globals.IniFileDefault);
+      DWORD dwFileSize        = 0UL;
+      Globals.bCanSaveIniFile = CreateIniFile(Globals.IniFile, &dwFileSize);
+      if (Globals.bCanSaveIniFile) {
+        Globals.bIniFileFromScratch = (dwFileSize == 0UL);
+        StringCchCopy(Globals.IniFileDefault, COUNTOF(Globals.IniFileDefault), L"");
+      }
+      else {
+        StringCchCopy(Globals.IniFile, COUNTOF(Globals.IniFile), L"");
+        Globals.bCanSaveIniFile = false;
+        bCreateFailure          = true;
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  if (bCreateFailure) {
+    InfoBoxLng(MB_ICONWARNING, NULL, IDS_MUI_CREATEINI_FAIL);
+    return;
+  }
+  DWORD dwFileAttributes = 0;
+  if (!Globals.bCanSaveIniFile) {
+    dwFileAttributes = GetFileAttributes(Globals.IniFile);
+    if (dwFileAttributes == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+      InfoBoxLng(MB_ICONWARNING, NULL, IDS_MUI_CREATEINI_FAIL);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) {
+      INT_PTR const answer = InfoBoxLng(MB_YESNO | MB_ICONWARNING, NULL, IDS_MUI_INIFILE_READONLY);
+      if ((IDOK == answer) || (IDYES == answer)) {
+        SetFileAttributes(Globals.IniFile, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL); // override read-only attrib
+        Globals.bCanSaveIniFile = CanAccessPath(Globals.IniFile, GENERIC_WRITE);
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      dwFileAttributes = 0; // no need to change the file attributes
+    }
+  }
+  if (Globals.bCanSaveIniFile && SaveAllSettings(true)) {
+    InfoBoxLng(MB_ICONINFORMATION, L"MsgSaveSettingsInfo", IDS_MUI_SAVEDSETTINGS);
+    if (dwFileAttributes != 0) {
+      SetFileAttributes(Globals.IniFile, dwFileAttributes); // reset
+      Globals.bCanSaveIniFile = CanAccessPath(Globals.IniFile, GENERIC_WRITE);
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    Globals.dwLastError = GetLastError();
+    InfoBoxLng(MB_ICONWARNING, NULL, IDS_MUI_WRITEINI_FAIL);
+    return;
+  }
+}
+ 
+
 //=============================================================================
 //=============================================================================
 
diff --git a/src/Config/Config.h b/src/Config/Config.h
index d71e449bc..0f07857cf 100644
--- a/src/Config/Config.h
+++ b/src/Config/Config.h
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ bool CreateIniFile(LPCWSTR pszIniFilePath, DWORD* pdwFileSize_out);
 void LoadSettings();
 bool SaveWindowPositionSettings(bool bClearSettings);
 bool SaveAllSettings(bool bForceSaveSettings);
+void CmdSaveSettingsNow();
 
-bool OpenSettingsFile(bool* keepCached);
+  bool OpenSettingsFile(bool* keepCached);
 bool CloseSettingsFile(bool bSaveChanges, bool keepCached);
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/Notepad3.c b/src/Notepad3.c
index 9ae9cddda..954723ea3 100644
--- a/src/Notepad3.c
+++ b/src/Notepad3.c
@@ -5542,43 +5542,9 @@ LRESULT MsgCommand(HWND hwnd, UINT umsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 
 
     case IDM_VIEW_SAVESETTINGSNOW:
-      if (IsCmdEnabled(hwnd, IDM_VIEW_SAVESETTINGSNOW)) {
-
-        bool bCreateFailure = false;
-        if (StrIsEmpty(Globals.IniFile)) {
-          if (StrIsNotEmpty(Globals.IniFileDefault)) {
-            StringCchCopy(Globals.IniFile, COUNTOF(Globals.IniFile), Globals.IniFileDefault);
-            DWORD dwFileSize = 0UL;
-            Globals.bCanSaveIniFile = CreateIniFile(Globals.IniFile, &dwFileSize);
-            if (Globals.bCanSaveIniFile) {
-              Globals.bIniFileFromScratch = (dwFileSize == 0UL);
-              StringCchCopy(Globals.IniFileDefault, COUNTOF(Globals.IniFileDefault), L"");
-            }
-            else {
-              StringCchCopy(Globals.IniFile, COUNTOF(Globals.IniFile), L"");
-              Globals.bCanSaveIniFile = false;
-              bCreateFailure = true;
-            }
-          }
-          else
-            break;
-        }
-
-        if (!bCreateFailure) 
-        {
-          SetFileAttributes(Globals.IniFile, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL); // override read-only attrib
-
-          if (SaveAllSettings(true)) {
-            InfoBoxLng(MB_ICONINFORMATION, L"MsgSaveSettingsInfo", IDS_MUI_SAVEDSETTINGS);
-          }
-          else {
-            Globals.dwLastError = GetLastError();
-            InfoBoxLng(MB_ICONWARNING, NULL, IDS_MUI_WRITEINI_FAIL);
-          }
-        }
-        else {
-          InfoBoxLng(MB_ICONWARNING, NULL, IDS_MUI_CREATEINI_FAIL);
-        }
+      if (IsCmdEnabled(hwnd, IDM_VIEW_SAVESETTINGSNOW))
+      {
+        CmdSaveSettingsNow();
       }
       break;