diff -r 6943d3e9deb7 -r 31aa2ea5cc60 doc/contributions.txt
--- a/doc/contributions.txt	Wed Mar 21 20:22:19 2012 -0400
+++ b/doc/contributions.txt	Tue Apr 03 20:25:49 2012 -0500
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@
 	OPEN-1
 	STORM-1087
 	STORM-1090
+	STORM-1828
 Nicoladie Gymnast
 Nounouch Hapmouche
 	VWR-238
diff -r 6943d3e9deb7 -r 31aa2ea5cc60 indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp
--- a/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp	Wed Mar 21 20:22:19 2012 -0400
+++ b/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp	Tue Apr 03 20:25:49 2012 -0500
@@ -7532,12 +7532,16 @@
 void LLVOAvatar::dumpArchetypeXML( void* )
 {
 	LLAPRFile outfile;
-	outfile.open(gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_CHARACTER,"new archetype.xml"), LL_APR_WB );
-	apr_file_t* file = outfile.getFileHandle() ;
+	outfile.open(gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_USER_SETTINGS,"new archetype.xml"), LL_APR_WB );
+	apr_file_t* file = outfile.getFileHandle();
 	if (!file)
 	{
 		return;
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		llinfos << "xmlfile write handle obtained : " << gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(LL_PATH_USER_SETTINGS,"new archetype.xml") << llendl;
+	}
 
 	apr_file_printf( file, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"US-ASCII\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n" );
 	apr_file_printf( file, "<linden_genepool version=\"1.0\">\n" );
@@ -7577,6 +7581,11 @@
 	}
 	apr_file_printf( file, "\t</archetype>\n" );
 	apr_file_printf( file, "\n</linden_genepool>\n" );
+	//explictly close the file if it is still open which it should be
+	if (file)
+	{
+		outfile.close();
+	}
 }