OFF97: Confirm File Delete Dialog Box Not Displayed

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows
• Microsoft Word for Windows
• Microsoft PowerPoint For Windows
• Microsoft Access 97
• Microsoft Office Binder 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you delete a file using the Open or Save As dialog boxes, the file is sent to the Recycle Bin without displaying the Confirm File Delete dialog box.

CAUSE

This problem may when the following conditions are true:

• You select a file in the Open or Save As dialog boxes, and then press DELETE to delete the file.
  
  -and-



• You have installed Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 on your computer.
  
  NOTE: This behavior occurs with Windows Desktop Update (Active Desktop).

WORKAROUND

This problem does not occur when you right-click the file that you want to delete in the Open or Save As dialog boxes, and then click Delete on the shortcut menu.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For more information about deleting files, click the Office Assistant, type "delete file," click Search, and then click to view "Delete a file."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

Additional query words: OFF97 XL97

Keywords          : xlui offweb xlweb 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 12, 1999