Inappropriate File Save Error Message in Windows 3.0 (59653)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.0a
This article was previously published under Q59653

SYMPTOMS

The following inappropriate error message may be displayed in Microsoft Windows version 3.0 if you save a file from any application to a floppy disk drive that has a write-protected disk or no disk at all:
Unable to save file A:\FILENAME.EXT; close one or more files in another Windows application and try again.

WORKAROUND

Closing files in another Windows application has no effect. The solution is to have a valid disk in Drive A.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version 3.0. This problem was corrected in later versions of Windows.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/7/2005
Keywords:KB59653
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