Re: filename changes during save

From: paul (paul_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:34:42 GMT

"Jay" <nospam@*here.com> wrote in message
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> "paul" <paul@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> "Jay" <nospam@*here.com> wrote in message
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>>>> I'm a bit frustrated by this perhaps someone can suggest how I can
>>>> change this 'behaviour'
>>>>
>>>> Whenever I am saving a file and have to navigate to the folder I want
>>>> to save to, if I touch an existing filename>>> PaulD
>>>
>>> You navigate to a folder and then select an existing file and expect
>>> Windows not to think you want to save the file as what you have
>>> selected?>> Jay
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>> Hi Jay,
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>> Thanks for the reply. I'll try to explain better.
>> I'm dowloading a file from the internet and the save dialog box appears.
>> I select the folder I want to save into, and when that folder opens there
>> are other files inside it. If I don't get my mouse out of the way fast
>> enough, and the mouse pointer touches any other filename, the filename of
>> the file I am downloading changes to the "accidentally touched" filename.
>
> Ahh thanks for the clarification.
> Simply hovering your mouse over a filename selects an existing file(name)?
> Certainly a new one on me. You aren't left clicking on an existing file?
> What application is this? (browser, download manager, other?)
>
> Jay

Yes, hovering is the correct term. This occurs in the IE6 browser. I have
SP2 installed.
No left clicking involved, just hovering. It is difficult to get the mouse
pointer "out of the way" in time, particularly when the folder populates the
dialog box with existing filenames.

PaulD

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