DOCUMENT:Q59653  14-DEC-1999  [win95x]
TITLE   :Inappropriate File Save Error Message in Windows 3.0
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a 
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SYMPTOMS
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The following inappropriate error message may be displayed in Microsoft Windows
version 3.0 if you save a file from any application to a floppy disk drive that
has a write-protected disk or no disk at all:

   Unable to save file A:\FILENAME.EXT; close one or more files in another
   Windows application and try again.

WORKAROUND
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Closing files in another Windows application has no effect. The solution is to
have a valid disk in Drive A.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version 3.0. This
problem was corrected in later versions of Windows.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a win30

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a

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