Microsoft KB Archive/57461

Error Message When Saving Document in Excel PSS ID Number: Q57461 Article last modified on 02-26-1993 PSS database name: W_eXceL

2.x 3.00 | 2.20 2.21 3.00

WINDOWS | OS/2

Summary:

If you are trying to save a file and you receive one of the following error messages, you may have a backup file that has Read Only access:

Excel 3.0
“Can’t create backup file. Save File Without Backup?”

Excel 2.x
“Can’t Create Backup file. Save Without Backup” in Excel for OS/2 or “Can’t Access Document” in Excel for Windows

To save the document without getting this error message, do one of the following:


 * 1) Delete the backup file.
 * 2) Change the backup file’s attributes to Read/Write.
 * 3) Turn off the Create Backup File option in the File Save As, Options dialog box.

The file had to have been manually changed to Read Only. Excel will not set a backup file to Read Only.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.