Err Msg: You Cannot Save While File in Use by Another Process
ID: Q93922
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
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Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
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Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
SYMPTOMS
The following error message occurs when you save a file to a floppy disk,
remove that floppy disk from the disk drive, insert a second floppy disk,
and then save the file again to the second floppy disk using the same
filename:
Word, version 2.x
You cannot save while the file is in use by another process.
Try saving the file with a new name.
Word, version 6.x, 7.x
Check the floppy drive to make sure the door is closed and it contains
the correct disk. (<drive>:\<filename>)
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed
above. This problem does not occur in Word for the Macintosh. In Word for
the Macintosh, when you attempt to remove the disk while the document is
open, you get the following warning message:
The disk <diskname> could not be put away because it contains items
that are in use.
WORKAROUND
When the above error message appears, choose the OK button and type a new
filename in the Save As dialog box.
Word, version 2.0 only
Or, do the following:
- When the above error message appears, choose the OK button.
- In the Save As dialog box, choose the Cancel button.
- Close the document.
- From the File menu, choose Open.
- In the Drives box, select the floppy disk drive.
- In the File Name box, type *.*.
- Select the file with a .TMP extension (the temporary file) and choose
the OK button.
- From the File menu, choose Save As.
- In the File Name box, type the name of the original file and choose the
OK button.
Note: The temporary file is a copy of the file you first saved. Word
created this file when you attempted to save the file on the second
floppy disk.
For information on problems you may experience while saving Word documents
on floppy disks, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
temporary and file and tmp and floppy and disk and
Steps to Reproduce Problem
- In a new document, type some text.
- Save the file to a disk in the floppy disk drive.
- Remove the disk from the floppy disk drive.
- Place a new disk in the floppy disk drive.
- Save the file again to the new disk.
Additional query words:
2.0 winword2 winword word6 word7 word95 7.0 6.0 ntword
Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; winnt:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type :
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