Re: Vista Blocks Word 2003 Saving Files
I tried to save documents in subfolder by changing where Word 2003 saves
files. Despite this, Save As still tries to save a file in My Documents. I
cannot find anywhere to change this, including the registry. Any suggestions
are very welcome!
"Cal Bear '66" wrote:
> You're welcome.
>
> You should not attempt change anything for these "junction points" (i.e.
> anything preceded by "My") or you could do serious damage to your Windows
> installation .
>
> By the way, that should be suB-folder!
>
>
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Koz" <Koz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A5C4AC2D-7BA4-40A7-A429-8EB5D3EBB9EF@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks! I will give this a try.
> >
> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
> >
> >> "My Documents" under Vista is not really a folder: it is a "junction point"
> >> for
> >> backwards compatibility with older programs.
> >>
> >> Save your documents in Documents (or a sup-folder you create) with Vista.
> >>
> >>
> >> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> >> GO BEARS!
> >>
> >>
> >> "Koz" <Koz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:87CFF71A-1FA6-4A2A-9D91-B9C9B601CE43@microsoft.com...
> >> > When Word 2003 tries to save files to a subfolder in My Documents access is
> >> > denied. I cannot permanently change the permission for this folder to allow
> >> > files to be saved. I can access the button to change permission and save
> >> > this choice but when I check permission again it is reset toread only.) The
> >> > account is administrator.
> >>
> >>
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