Inappropriate File Save Error Message in Windows 3.0

Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q59653

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SYMPTOMS

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

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

STATUS

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

KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a win30

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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