WD95: Error Setting Document Location to Banyan or Pathworks (152771)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q152771 SYMPTOMS
When you change the default document location to a Banyan Vines server
or DEC Pathworks server, you get the following error message:
Directory not valid.
CAUSE
Banyan Vines and DEC Pathworks do not support the Universal Naming
Convention (UNC) required by Word to locate the default file location.
Therefore, Word will not identify the server location as a valid
directory.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, first set the default document path in
Microsoft Word to a folder that contains a shortcut to the Banyan Vines or
DEC server. To do this, follow these steps:
- Create a shortcut on your desktop to the Banyan Vines or DEC server.
- In Word, use the following steps to establish a path to the
shortcut:
- Start Word.
- On the Tools menu, click Options and then select the File
Locations tab.
- Select Documents, and click the Modify button.
- From the Look in list, select Desktop.
- Select the shortcut you created in step 1.
- Click the OK button.
- Click the Close button.
When you save or open a document, click the shortcut to select the
location for your document and then save or open your document by:
- To open a document:
- On the File menu, click Open.
- The Look In area should point to the Banyan Vines or DEC
server; if it does not, select Desktop and then double-click
the shortcut folder to the Banyan Vines or DEC server.
- Click the file you want to open and then click Open.
- To save a document:
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- The Save In area should point to the Banyan Vines or DEC
server; if it does not, select Desktop and then double-click
the shortcut folder to the Banyan Vines or DEC server.
- Enter a file name and then click Save.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed
at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
as it becomes available.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbbug kbnetwork KB152771 |
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