I can't save a word document due to "file permission error". I had this on
an old version of word, so went out today and bought a new version and
installed the new version, and am getting the same error message.
AAARRRGGGHHH! Please help, if you can. Thank you.

Are you trying to save to a floppy or other removable medium?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"ski928" wrote in message
...
I can't save a word document due to "file permission error". I had this
on
an old version of word, so went out today and bought a new version and
installed the new version, and am getting the same error message.
AAARRRGGGHHH! Please help, if you can. Thank you.

Yes, I'm trying to save to a removable flash drive. I spent some time last
night reading some other answers to similar type questions, and I guess I'm
not supposed to save directly to the flash drive, but rather save to the hard
drive and then transfer the materials. This is frustrating because it had
been working for about a year without any problems (saving directly to the
flash drive). I still have a lot of memory on that flash drive, but now am
unable to save anything to it, even transferrred materials. I guess it is
somehow corrupted. I appreciate your help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you trying to save to a floppy or other removable medium?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ski928" wrote in message
...
I can't save a word document due to "file permission error". I had this
on
an old version of word, so went out today and bought a new version and
installed the new version, and am getting the same error message.
AAARRRGGGHHH! Please help, if you can. Thank you.

This effect results from the most recent Windows XP update; there's no way
to change it except to roll back to a restore point before the update, which
is NOT recommended.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ski928" wrote in message
...
Yes, I'm trying to save to a removable flash drive. I spent some time
last
night reading some other answers to similar type questions, and I guess
I'm
not supposed to save directly to the flash drive, but rather save to the
hard
drive and then transfer the materials. This is frustrating because it had
been working for about a year without any problems (saving directly to the
flash drive). I still have a lot of memory on that flash drive, but now
am
unable to save anything to it, even transferrred materials. I guess it is
somehow corrupted. I appreciate your help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you trying to save to a floppy or other removable medium?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ski928" wrote in message
...
I can't save a word document due to "file permission error". I had
this
on
an old version of word, so went out today and bought a new version and
installed the new version, and am getting the same error message.
AAARRRGGGHHH! Please help, if you can. Thank you.

Thanks, Suzanne for your explanation. It really sucks though, because I'd
gotten used to just saving directly to my flash drive.
Stephanie

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This effect results from the most recent Windows XP update; there's no way
to change it except to roll back to a restore point before the update, which
is NOT recommended.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ski928" wrote in message
...
Yes, I'm trying to save to a removable flash drive. I spent some time
last
night reading some other answers to similar type questions, and I guess
I'm
not supposed to save directly to the flash drive, but rather save to the
hard
drive and then transfer the materials. This is frustrating because it had
been working for about a year without any problems (saving directly to the
flash drive). I still have a lot of memory on that flash drive, but now
am
unable to save anything to it, even transferrred materials. I guess it is
somehow corrupted. I appreciate your help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you trying to save to a floppy or other removable medium?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ski928" wrote in message
...
I can't save a word document due to "file permission error". I had
this
on
an old version of word, so went out today and bought a new version and
installed the new version, and am getting the same error message.
AAARRRGGGHHH! Please help, if you can. Thank you.

It's especially annoying that it seems to apply to flash drives. For
floppies it makes very good sense (we've been warning folks for years not to
do that), and for CDs it's reasonable (since packet-writing software is iffy
at best), but USB drives should function like a HD.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ski928" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne for your explanation. It really sucks though, because I'd
gotten used to just saving directly to my flash drive.
Stephanie

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This effect results from the most recent Windows XP update; there's no
way
to change it except to roll back to a restore point before the update,
which
is NOT recommended.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ski928" wrote in message
...
Yes, I'm trying to save to a removable flash drive. I spent some time
last
night reading some other answers to similar type questions, and I
guess
I'm
not supposed to save directly to the flash drive, but rather save to
the
hard
drive and then transfer the materials. This is frustrating because it
had
been working for about a year without any problems (saving directly to
the
flash drive). I still have a lot of memory on that flash drive, but
now
am
unable to save anything to it, even transferrred materials. I guess
it is
somehow corrupted. I appreciate your help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you trying to save to a floppy or other removable medium?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ski928" wrote in message
...
I can't save a word document due to "file permission error". I
had
this
on
an old version of word, so went out today and bought a new version
and
installed the new version, and am getting the same error message.
AAARRRGGGHHH! Please help, if you can. Thank you.