Error Message When You Save a File in FrontPage Express

ID: Q179888

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you try to save a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file in Microsoft FrontPage Express, you may receive the following error message:

If you then click OK, you may receive the following error message:

   An error occurred while attempting to write the file.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if you try to save a file that is marked with the Read-Only attribute.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, save the file with a different name. To do so, use the following steps:

1. Start FrontPage Express, navigate to the Web page you want to save, and

   then click Save As on the File menu.

2. If you want to save the file to a Web site, type the name of the file

   in the Page Title box, type the page location in the Page Location box,
   and then click OK. If you want to save the file locally, click As File,
   type the name of the file in the File Name box, and then click Save.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FrontPage Express. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbtool msiew95 msient msiew98 
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 21, 1999