File Saved In Wrong Folder; File Open Looks In Wrong Folder

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Access, version 7.0
• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Open or the Save As dialog box, one of the following symptoms may occur:

• The first time you save a file, it is saved in the wrong folder.

  -and-

• When you try to open a file, the application displays the wrong folder.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you click the down arrow in the Look In list of the Save As dialog box or the Open dialog box. If you move the mouse over the list of folders and drives, and then click the down arrow again, the application selects the folder that was last highlighted.

Other applications, such as WordPad, do not behave this way; they retain the most recent selection unless you specifically click on one of the folders displayed in the list.

WORKAROUND

To avoid this behavior, make sure that the folder/drive that you want is selected before you click the arrow, press TAB, or in general, take the focus away from the Look In or Save In list in the Open or Save As dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the applications listed above. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.