Microsoft KB Archive/160544

= XL97: Path/File Access Error in Macro Under Windows NT =

Article ID: 160544

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160544



SYMPTOMS
When you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses the Name statement in Microsoft Excel 97 under the Microsoft Windows NT operating system, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '75':

Path/File access error



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:


 * You use the Name statement in the macro to rename a directory. -and-


 * The directory you want to rename contains a file that you set equal to a variable by using the Dir function.

For example, the problem occurs if you create a file called Text.xls in the MyDocs folder on your computer, and you use the following two lines in a macro: X = Dir("C:\MyDocs\Test.xls") Name "C:\MyDocs" As "C:\YourDocs" NOTE: This problem does not occur in Microsoft Windows 95.



WORKAROUND
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

To work around this problem, reset the pointer to another folder by using a "dummy" variable. The following lines of code illustrate how to do this: X = Dir("C:\MyDocs\Test.xls") Y = Dir("C:\*.*") Name "C:\MyDocs" As "C:\YourDocs" In this macro, the variable Y resets the current directory. You can use any variable, and the variable may point to any directory (that exists on the hard disk) except the directory you want to rename.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

