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I right clicked on a .AppImage file. I chose "Properties" and then "Permission" tab.

I'd like to check the checkbox that is next to "Allow executing file as program".

It shows that the checkbox is checked while clicking. When I release the left mouse button, the checkbox is unchecked automatically.

What am I missing?

Edit: Here are the terminal output:

m@m-HP-Compaq-dc7800-Small-Form-Factor /media/m/02A8B7D8A8B7C905/Programs/Open Source & Freeware $ chmod +x OpenShot-v2.4.3-x86_64.AppImage
m@m-HP-Compaq-dc7800-Small-Form-Factor /media/m/02A8B7D8A8B7C905/Programs/Open Source & Freeware $ id
uid=1000(m) gid=1000(m) groups=1000(m),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),108(lpadmin),110(sambashare)
m@m-HP-Compaq-dc7800-Small-Form-Factor /media/m/02A8B7D8A8B7C905/Programs/Open Source & Freeware $ stat OpenShot-v2.4.3-x86_64.AppImage
  File: ‘OpenShot-v2.4.3-x86_64.AppImage’
  Size: 158859264   Blocks: 307088     IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 806h/2054d  Inode: 58041       Links: 1
Access: (0600/-rw-------)  Uid: ( 1000/       m)   Gid: ( 1000/       m)
Access: 2018-10-17 18:33:54.250031700 +0200
Modify: 2018-10-17 17:44:52.500366000 +0200
Change: 2018-10-17 17:44:52.680737100 +0200
 Birth: -
m@m-HP-Compaq-dc7800-Small-Form-Factor /media/m/02A8B7D8A8B7C905/Programs/Open Source & Freeware $

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Edit 2: This is what happens after running the second code:

m@m-HP-Compaq-dc7800-Small-Form-Factor /media/m/02A8B7D8A8B7C905/Programs/Open Source & Freeware $ mount | grep 02A8B7D8A8B7C905
/dev/sda6 on /media/m/02A8B7D8A8B7C905 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
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This file is on an NTFS partition / filesystem (Windows-specific), which cannot support Unix-like permissions. This is why you are unable to set the execute-bit, which is specific to Unix.

The best solution here is to move the *.AppImage file onto another filesystem - perhaps your home directory. You will then be able to chmod and run it as expected.

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