Microsoft KB Archive/175974

= XL98: Default File Location Reset to Folder One Level Higher Than the Folder You Specifie =

Article ID: 175974

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q175974



SYMPTOMS
When you set the default file location (the working directory), the path may become truncated; consequently, the default file location is set to the folder that is one level above the folder you specified.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

 You click Preferences on the Tools menu and click the General tab. -and-

 In the Default File Location box, you add an extra path separator, a colon, to the end of the path, for example:

"Macintosh HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office::"

Notice the two colons at the end of the path. -and-

 You click OK, click Preferences on the Tools menu, and then click the General tab.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use only one colon at the end of the path when you set the default file location.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

