Folder may be located on an invalid volume or protected with a password

Al888 · 02-16-2005, 06:07 AM

Hi All,

I have a Windows local network that has machines with Windows 98 and Windows XP. All machines have MS Office 2000 Pro.

One “Server” machine (running Windows 98) is used as a shared drive. Normally users are able to save their MS Word documents by simply clicking “Save As…” and give their files a name…

Recently Windows XP users have a problem with a direct saving of files from Word to the shared drive. The error message that pops up says:

<I>Cannot save ‘\\Server\File location…’. Folder may be located on an invalid volume or protected with a password. </I>

So:

I tried opening a blank Word document and pressing the save button – this works where the blank document is saved with a default name such as doc1.doc.

When I try to give it a different name I get the same error message.

When saved to a local drive and then using the Windows Explorer I copy the file to the shared drive it works…

I am confused – can anybody help me with this one?

Thanks in advance

Al

02-16-2005, 06:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Al888 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1 OS: 98/XP	Folder may be located on an invalid volume or protected with a password Hi All, I have a Windows local network that has machines with Windows 98 and Windows XP. All machines have MS Office 2000 Pro. One “Server” machine (running Windows 98) is used as a shared drive. Normally users are able to save their MS Word documents by simply clicking “Save As…” and give their files a name… Recently Windows XP users have a problem with a direct saving of files from Word to the shared drive. The error message that pops up says: <I>Cannot save ‘\\Server\File location…’. Folder may be located on an invalid volume or protected with a password. </I> So: I tried opening a blank Word document and pressing the save button – this works where the blank document is saved with a default name such as doc1.doc. When I try to give it a different name I get the same error message. When saved to a local drive and then using the Windows Explorer I copy the file to the shared drive it works… I am confused – can anybody help me with this one? Thanks in advance Al Last edited by Al888; 02-16-2005 at 06:16 AM.