Re: Saving Office files on a network

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From: garfield-n-odie (garfieldnodie_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:18:33 -0800

Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not multipost.

*** Snow wrote:

> I have two computers, one with Windows ME and one with Windows XP. My files
> are on the WinME computer and the directory is mapped to the XP machine, with
> full access and no password. Using either Word or Excel, if I open a file,
> then edit the file, I can save it with no problem, as long as I don’t change
> the filename. If I either edit the file, or don’t make any changes at all,
> and then attempt to do a Save As, then use a different filename, I get the
> message “The folder ‘F:\document name.doc’ isn’t accessible. The folder may
> be located in an unavailable location, protected with a password, or filename
> contains a / or \.
> I also find that if I open a document, do a select all, then copy the text,
> then paste it into a new document, I still get the same error message when I
> attempt to save it. Creating a new document from scratch works OK. I then
> tried copying the text, closing the original document, then pasting and again
> attempting to save with a new name. I still get the same error message. It
> appears that anything which has already been saved can not be put into a new
> document or saved with another name. This problem also happens with Excel.
> I can browse, change filenames, and do anything I want using Windows
> Explorer, the problem seems to be isolated to Office apps.
> I also have a friend who has the same setup and also has the same identical
> problem. Could this issue be related to Service Pack 2 compatibility with
> Windows ME?

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