Microsoft KB Archive/40822

Word: Writing File to Read-Only Directory Gives Error Message

PSS ID Number: Q40822 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Writing to a file on a read-only directory returns the error message “The disk is full or write-protected, or the drive is empty. Word cannot create the file. ”.

In Word 5.00, writing to a file on a read-only directory gives the error message “Error accessing filename” and then the error message “Not a valid filename.”

These error messages occur because Word doesn’t know if the drive being written to has a physical problem or if the drive is read-only. Word knows that it cannot access the drive for some reason.

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