Hello eadgman
eadgman wrote:
I recently bought a new system with Win7 Home Premium and Word 2007. I copied
all of my address files (.doc) over to the new system. I notice that when I
open one of these .doc files and change it I cannot save it back to the same
filename. The Save As dialog box repeatedly pops up until I either cancel the
save or save the document with a different name. I can always save the
document with a different name and then delete the original file and rename
the newly saved file. Once the file is changed I have no problem changing
that file again and saving it. This only happens on the first attempt at
modification. I have about 100 address files and can reproduce this every
time. I open the file by navigating to the folder that contains the address
files and double-clicking the file to bring up Word 2007. The same thing
happens if I start Word first and use File-Open to open the address file.
sounds like the files have been copied to a CD-ROM or a similar medium
and from there to the new system. By default, they would be read-only
(because they really _are_ read-only on a CD-ROM and keep that flag on
the new PC). Bulk-removing the flag should do the trick (you can do this
in Explorer).
HTH
Robert
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