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Cannot Open Wave File Using Sound Recorder

Article ID: 253371

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q253371

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to save a sound using the Sound Recorder tool, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot open "drive:\path\wavefile.wav"

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the file you want to use is currently selected in Windows Explorer and Web View is enabled.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, click to select a different file in Windows Explorer or click Save As on the File menu to save the file using a different file name.

Additional query words: winnt media

Keywords: kbenv kberrmsg kbprb kbsound KB253371

Microsoft KB Archive/253371

Contents

Cannot Open Wave File Using Sound Recorder

SYMPTOMS

CAUSE

RESOLUTION