Microsoft KB Archive/64499

Word Err Msg: File Does Not Exist. Do You want to Create…

PSS ID Number: Q64499 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

If you receive the following error message, try the suggested workarounds below:

In Word version 5.50: “The file does not exist. Do you want to create it now?”.

In Word version 5.00: “File does not exist. Enter Y to create or ESC to cancel”

In Word version 4.00: “Enter Y to create file” will display instead.


 * 1) Make sure that the path and filename are exactly correct. Use the DOS directory (DIR) command to see if the file exists.
 * 2) If the file exists and the path and filename are correct, add a period to the end of the filename when you try to load it using the Transfer Load command. When a directory listing is displayed, periods are not shown by DOS but may actually be present in the filename. If this is the case, Word needs to see the period in order to access the file.

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