Error Message: This Path Does Not Exist

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Save As command in a 16-bit Windows-based program to save a file to an IBM LAN server, you may receive the following error message:

This path does not exist

CAUSE

This error can occur if the file name you specified already exists in the destination folder.

RESOLUTION

Save the file with a file name that does not already exist in the destination folder.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior occurs only if all the following conditions exist:

• The file is being saved to an IBM LAN server.



• The 16-bit program uses Commdlg.dll to display the Save As dialog box.



• You are using the Save As command.



• The file name you specified already exists in the destination folder.



• The destination folder is not the root of the network share.

• Microsoft Windows 95 servers



• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups servers



• Microsoft Windows NT servers



• Microsoft LAN Manager 2.x servers



• Novell NetWare 3.x or 4.x servers

Keywords : 3rdpartynet win95
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
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