Microsoft KB Archive/301467

= FP2000: Error Message: You Cannot Copy the FrontPage Web to Itself =

Article ID: 301467

Article Last Modified on 1/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q301467



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to publish a Microsoft FrontPage Web, you may receive the following error message:

You cannot copy the FrontPage web to itself. Please choose a different location.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you attempt to publish a Web to the location from which you have opened it.

You cannot publish a Web to the same location from which you opened it.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Save Changes to the Open Web
After you change a page in an open Web, click Save on the File menu.

The changed page is saved to the Web.

Method 2: Publish to Another Location
If you want to republish the changed Web, type a location other than the location from which the Web was opened in the Specify the location to publish your web to box in the Publish Web dialog box, and then click Publish.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about publishing a web, click Microsoft FrontPage Help on the Help menu, type publish a web in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

Microsoft's FrontPage 2000 tutorial provides additional information about how to create and publish a FrontPage Web. For access to this tutorial, browse to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/FPTutor.aspx

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