[RCo]

Word 2000 has started corrupting files when saving to usb memory stick.
It still reads from usb memory. No problem with Excel. No problem with hard
disc.
It is not a space problem on the usb.
It gives "cannot save due to a file permission error" message.
I have rebooted pc and reinstalled word 2000 - no better.

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hello RCo

RCo wrote:
Word 2000 has started corrupting files when saving to usb memory stick.
It still reads from usb memory. No problem with Excel. No problem with hard
disc.
It is not a space problem on the usb.
It gives "cannot save due to a file permission error" message.
I have rebooted pc and reinstalled word 2000 - no better.

it is generally discouraged to open and save Word files directly from/to
USB memory drives: Word creates a temporary file in the same folder and
the size of these files at run-time is very hard to predict. In essence,
that means that your drive _could_ in theory overflow, and that's not
something you want to risk with/to your data.

2cents
Robert
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