Microsoft KB Archive/67242

Nonexistent Drive B in File Open and Save As Dialog Boxes PSS ID Number: Q67242 Article last modified on 12-11-1990 PSS database name: W_Os2Word

1.10

OS/2

Summary:

When you open or save a document with a machine using a single floppy drive, Microsoft Word for OS/2 will list drive B in the dialog box. When you attempt to open a file on a nonexistent drive B, Word will report the error “Document name or path not valid.” When you save to drive B, Word reports “Not a valid file name.”

Although it is possible to determine whether or not this drive exists, under OS/2 this process can take several seconds. Rather than wait for this call to complete every time the Open and Save As dialog boxes are generated, Word simply assumes drive B may be present.

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