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I created a Live USB on an empty 32GB USB stick from Ubuntu 17.04 ISO with Startup Disk Creator (when using mkusb, same result): Gparted says its a 118.89GB disk and it cannot create a partition in the unallocated space. I want a partition to store data when in a Live session. The USB boots successfully.
Pictures before, after and the error:

gparted before gparted after gparted error

The same result when using older (X/L)Ubuntu ISO's.
Anybody experiencing the same issue and found a solution ??

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The comment by @oldfred set me on the right track. I formatted a USB disk with 2 partitions; 4GB FAT32 and 120GB ext4. I mounted the 4GB and issued the commands:

$ 7z x -y ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso -o"/media/'myname'/'disk-id'"
$ sudo parted /dev/sdb set 1 boot on

Now I can boot the Live USB and mount the 2nd partition in case I want to save data during the Live Ubuntu 17.04 session.