Microsoft KB Archive/224124

= OFF2000: Error Message "Cannot delete " =

Article ID: 224124

Article Last Modified on 12/2/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224124





ERROR MESSAGE
When you try to delete a file in either the Open or Save As dialog box in one of the Office programs the following error message appears:

Cannot delete ' '." Access is denied.

Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.



The File is Open
If the file is open by another user, or you have the file open in another session of Microsoft Excel on the same computer, close the file before trying to delete it. When Excel opens a file, the file is locked and can only be opened again as read-only. The file cannot be deleted while it is locked.

You Don't Have Delete Permissions
If you are opening a file stored on another computer, verify that you have sufficient permissions to the folder or file. To delete a file, you must have either Full permissions or the following base permissions for the file or folder on the computer hosting the file:   Operating      Windows NT     Windows NT        system         (NTFS)         (FAT)          Windows 95     Windows 98 --    --     --     --   File:          RWXD           N/A            N/A            N/A

Folder:       RWXD           Change         DF             DF

R = Read W = Write X = Execute D = Delete F = List Files N/A = Not Available NOTE: When using other network operating systems such as Novell Netware, similar requirements to Microsoft Windows NT (NTFS) are required.

Additional query words: OFF2000 6160719

Keywords: kbdownload kberrmsg kbprb kbui KB224124

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