Unable to Move the Save As Dialog Box When Quitting Windows

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

When you quit Windows or Windows for Workgroups, if there are any minimized applications with new, unsaved files, a dialog box asking if you would like to "Save current changes" to the files may appear.

If you choose the Yes button, the Save As dialog box will appear in the lower-right corner and the following problems may occur:

• You cannot move the box with the mouse and the Move command is dimmed on the window's Control menu.
• If you use the mouse to select a drive letter, the Drives box always stays on the working directory of the application.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the keyboard to change drives or make manual entries, as described below. There is no way to work around the inability to move the box. This problem occurs only when you are quitting Windows.

• Press ALT+V to select the drives box and press the key corresponding to the desired drive, or use the arrow keys to scroll to that drive and then press ENTER.

  -or-

• Manually type the drive and filename in the File Name box.

  <drive>:\<filename>

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows versions 3.1 and 3.11 and Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1 and 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.