RE: Suddenly a document modified in Word cannot 'save as' to a net

From: RD (RD_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/17/05


Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:25:03 -0800


The folder may be located on an unavailable volume or protected with a
password
I am having the very same issue on my network. 3 XP PRO systems give the
error, however, 1 XP PRO system is working just fine with the save as. I
have been all over MS & Google but no solution. Please post if anyone finds
a fix.

"Pro V" wrote:

> Chet, I assume you've noted the fix in the other thread. I'm not sure how
> the email reminders work, but if you didn't get it there, hopefully you'll
> get it here.
>
> "Chet" wrote:
>
> > I'm experiencing the exact same problem. We have a small home network with
> > most of our files being stored on an old computer running Windows ME. Most
> > other office PCs are using XP.
> >
> > The system has been fine for 5+ years - last week it suddenly giving us the
> > same error message "the folder may be located on an unavailable volume or is
> > password protected".
> >
> > It's making me crazy. Help!
> >
> > "Pro V" wrote:
> >
> > > My computer and that of one of my assistants has suddenly created an error
> > > when we try to "save as" a document that we modify. It will save to our own
> > > Hard Drive, and if we create a new document, that will save to the network,
> > > it just will not 'save as' something different from the network to the
> > > network. Curiously, if we simply 'save' the document, that DOES work, (but
> > > then we lose the archiving of the original document).
> > >
> > > The actual error message is: "The folder
> > > 'E:\........\..........\filename.doc' isn't accessible. The folder may be
> > > located in an unavailable location, protected with a password, or the
> > > filename contains a / or \"
> > >
> > > The folder is available (it's where we got the original file from), the
> > > files are NOT protected by password, and apart from the root directory
> > > structure, there are no '/ or \' in the filename (which is usually simply
> > > adding a numeric value to the previous filename.
> > >
> > > As stated in the subject line, we've had no problems over the past 15 years,
> > > but just this week, 2 computers only (out of about 9 or 10) have exhibited
> > > this exact problem.
> > >
> > > My computer has Windows 2000 Pro and my assistant has Win XP Pro. We both
> > > run Office 2002 (XP??).
> > >
> > > Help please!!



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