Microsoft KB Archive/38544

Word Message: Access to This File Required. Enter Y to Retry..

PSS ID Number: Q38544 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00

MS-DOS

SUMMARY

Word 4.00 message: “Access to this File Required. Enter Y to Retry or Q to Quit Word”

Word 5.00 message: “Access to this file required. Enter Y to retry or Q to quit and lose changes”

You pressed ESC in response to the message “Enter Y to retry access to <filename>.” Word cannot continue without the file named.

Do one of the following:

1. Press Y if you think you’ve corrected the problem by changing or properly inserting a disk.
2. If the problem is a physical disk problem or disk error, press Q to quit Word.

This problem may also be caused by a missing TMP file. This can be solved on systems using a hard drive by setting a location for TMP files on the hard drive with the following DOS command

SET TMP=C:<directory>

which sets a directory for TMP file location. This command can be included as part of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

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