Microsoft KB Archive/60501

Word 5.00: Recognizing Logical Drives

PSS ID Number: Q60501 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Due to Word Version 5.00’s new method of enumerating (listing) directories and the new interpreter, Word does not recognize a non-existent (logical) drive. Word 5.00 only identifies physical drives or drives that the operating system has set up (such as a network drive).

For example, if a computer has the following configuration

Physical Drive A (5.25-inch floppy disk) Physical Drive C (hard disk) Physical Drive D (external 3.5-inch floppy disk)

Word will not recognize Drive D as Drive B if the DOS ASSIGN command is used to reassign the drive (ASSIGN B=D). If an attempt to load a file from a logical drive happens, Word will display the message “Error reading drive.”

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