Office 2007 - Vista - Cannot Save to network drive
I am facing issue wit Office 2007 on Windows Vista. I need help for the same. I am having around 5 system on the network connected to each other. Among which 2 are on Windows XP and other 3 are on Vista. Now problem here is, we had created a central location to keep all the files. But somehow it looks the location is not getting saved on my system. Before I use to simply click on save as and the location pops up. I can keep the file. But this time it is not working. Office is not able to find the network file location. What should I do.
Re: Office 2007 - Vista - Cannot Save to network drive
You will need to map the network drive in your system and it will really work well. Just map the drive and then check back. Things will work fine. You are unable to save file because the location is lost. You must try to ensure that your system is able to access the shared folder of network. I mean to say that you must have maximum permission to access it or else it would pop out error. So better first ensure that the shared location is accessible and then try to save again.
Re: Office 2007 - Vista - Cannot Save to network drive
Just disable the firewall and check again. According to me your system is either not having permission to access the shared folder or the permission settings are changed due to which you are facing problem. You must try change the settings first and then save the files. It is not a office issue. It is problem related to network directory.
Re: Office 2007 - Vista - Cannot Save to network drive
The problem is not anti-virus software its a patch from MS that causes all the trouble in Vista and XP the patch is The Microsoft Patch KB980232 that causes this issue.
In Windows7x64 the problem is caused by KB978251 tested and works fine after removing the update.
I have tried and tested this in Win7 x64 , Win XPSP3 and Vista
Re: Office 2007 - Vista - Cannot Save to network drive
Hi Robert,
we had the same probem. I resolved it.
I had contacted Microsoft and they, too, told me that we should save to the Desktop first and then drag to the appropriate folder on the server. I did not consider this a suitable solution in any way.
I have therefore done some research and found the solution.
Open the start menu and locate "My Documents". Right click and select "properties" . Choose "Path". Instead of using the mapped drive (e.g. X:\My Documents") choose the real name: (e.g. \\server\public\documents).
This will, alongside resolving the awful problem when trying to save office docs 10-15 times, also resolve a problem when installing software and receiving the reply "drive X:\ not found".
Please report back if this solution worked for you.
Christian
Re: Office 2007 - Vista - Cannot Save to network drive
Our issue was resolved by enabling offline files (reboot) and then disabling offline files (reboot). Vista SP2 and Office 2007.
Thanks, TomC
I never had to mess with the registry or do a windows repair thanks to this.