Could it be that your folder has become write-protected somehow and this is why you cannot save into it? This is why the save command doesn't work. All the rest is then just the consequence of that.
By the way, just because you save the PLN into another folder, the hotlinks will still refer to the correct locations. That could become a problem only if the source files of the hotlinks are moved.
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