Microsoft KB Archive/280666

= WD2000: Modified Date/Time May Not Be Updated on Read/Write CD-ROM =

Article ID: 280666

Article Last Modified on 12/20/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q280666



SYMPTOMS
After you make changes to a document on a formatted Read/Write CD-ROM, the Modified date/time may not be updated when the document is saved. The Modified date/time may remain the same as the Created date/time.

To view the Modified date/time or Created date/time attributes of your document, do one of the following:
 * With the document open in Microsoft Word, click Properties on the File menu, and then view the General tab.

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 * In Microsoft Windows Explorer (right-click My Computer and then click Explore on the shortcut menu that appears), locate your document. Right-click your document, click Properties on the shortcut menu, and then view the General tab.



WORKAROUND
To prevent this problem, do one of the following:

Method 1: Make Changes on Your Hard Disk

 * 1) In Microsoft Windows Explorer (right-click My Computer and then click Explore on the shortcut menu that appears), locate your document. Right-click your document and drag it to the My Documents folder on your local hard disk (or a shared folder on a network drive). On the shortcut menu that appears, click Copy.
 * 2) In Microsoft Word, click Open on the File menu, and then open the document from the folder that you copied to in step 1.
 * 3) Make the changes that you want to the document.
 * 4) On the File menu, click Save to save the changes to the document located in the My Documents folder or the shared network folder.
 * 5) On the File menu, click Close.
 * 6) In Microsoft Windows Explorer, locate your document in the My Documents folder or shared network folder. Right-click your document and drag it to the CD-ROM drive. On the shortcut menu that appears, click Copy.

Method 2: Save the Document with a New File Name

 * 1) On the File menu, click Open and open the document located on the CD-ROM.
 * 2) After you make changes to your document, click Save As on the File menu, and save your document with a new file name.

NOTE: After you save your document with a new file name on the CD-ROM, you will have a second version of the document on the CD-ROM.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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