Microsoft KB Archive/136914

= Publisher 95: Can't Use UNC Names in Find File Dialog Box =

Article ID: 136914

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q136914



SYMPTOMS
If you are using the Find File dialog box in Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95 and you type a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) location in the Find This File box, you will get the following error message:

Publisher cannot understand the filename you entered.

You may have typed the name of the file incorrectly. Please retype the filename.



CAUSE
You cannot use UNC in the Find File dialog box to search a network drive. This field was designed to expect a filename. You must map the network drive from Windows 95 and then the driver letter will be accessible from Publisher.



WORKAROUND
Use the Windows 95 Find File dialog box to search a network drive without assigning a drive letter to it. The procedure is as follows:  Click the Windows Start button, point to Find, and click Files Or Folders. Click the Name & Location tab. Type the following in the Named field:

*.pub

 In the Look In field, type the UNC name of the server and share you would like to search. Example UNC name: \\Server\Share Select the Include Subfolders check box. Click Find Now.</li></ol>

When you find the publication you are looking for, you can double-click it to open it.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Publisher version 3.0 for Windows 95 and Microsoft Publisher 97. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: pub3 pub95 w_mspub map root search path net drive server share pub97

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork kbui KB136914

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