Have Windows Vista with Office 2007, transferred all my settings/data from my
old computer (XP) to this one (Dell Inspiron 1720).

Tried typing a new Word document, but when I go to save I get this message:
" You don't have permission to save in this location. Contact the
administrator to obtain permission. Would you like to save in the Documents
folder instead?"

I am trying to save to a folder in My Briefcase, and I am the administrator.
There are no other users on this computer so I have no idea why this message
comes up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Why not save it in your Documents folder first then copy it to the sub
folder in My Briefcase?
--
Andre
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"tigerlily" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9972B4B4-CBAD-43D7-AB78-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Have Windows Vista with Office 2007, transferred all my settings/data from
> my
> old computer (XP) to this one (Dell Inspiron 1720).
>
> Tried typing a new Word document, but when I go to save I get this
> message:
> " You don't have permission to save in this location. Contact the
> administrator to obtain permission. Would you like to save in the
> Documents
> folder instead?"
>
> I am trying to save to a folder in My Briefcase, and I am the
> administrator.
> There are no other users on this computer so I have no idea why this
> message
> comes up.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
> Why not save it in your Documents folder first then copy it to the sub
> folder in My Briefcase?

Are you saying that Vista only allows saving to Documents? Weird.

Alias

tigerlily wrote:
> Have Windows Vista with Office 2007, transferred all my settings/data from my
> old computer (XP) to this one (Dell Inspiron 1720).
>
> Tried typing a new Word document, but when I go to save I get this message:
> " You don't have permission to save in this location. Contact the
> administrator to obtain permission. Would you like to save in the Documents
> folder instead?"
>
> I am trying to save to a folder in My Briefcase, and I am the administrator.
> There are no other users on this computer so I have no idea why this message
> comes up.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I suspect that the location of My Briefcase is really a junction since
you transferred all your settings over. All of the "Documents and
Settings" items (My Documents, My Pictures, etc.) are not actual
locations in Vista, only virtual locations there for backwards
compatibility with old software that expects those locations to exist.

If you want to use Briefcase, try deleting the one you "have" and
creating a new one. Presumably it will get created in your User
directory where it belongs. I just did a Google for "Briefcase in Vista"
and got quite a few links that may be helpful to you as to how to use
Briefcase in Vista. Here's the link to the search results:

http://www.google.com/search?source=...=Google+Search


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Alias wrote:
> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>
>> Why not save it in your Documents folder first then copy it to the sub
>> folder in My Briefcase?
>
>
> Are you saying that Vista only allows saving to Documents? Weird.
>
> Alias

Wrong again pal!
Get a life you stupid OS!
Frank

Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>>
>>> Why not save it in your Documents folder first then copy it to the
>>> sub folder in My Briefcase?
>>
>>
>> Are you saying that Vista only allows saving to Documents? Weird.
>>
>> Alias
>
> Wrong again pal!

About what? If you will reread the sentence, you will notice it has a
question mark at the end of it.

> Get a life you stupid OS!
> Frank

I have one, thanks. If I didn't have a life, I would be dead. Ergo, your
suggestion, as usual, meant nothing.

Alias

Alias wrote:

> Frank wrote:
>
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why not save it in your Documents folder first then copy it to the
>>>> sub folder in My Briefcase?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you saying that Vista only allows saving to Documents? Weird.
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>>
>> Wrong again pal!
>
>
> About what? If you will reread the sentence, you will notice it has a
> question mark at the end of it.
>
>> Get a life you stupid OS!
>> Frank
>
>
> I have one, thanks. If I didn't have a life, I would be dead. Ergo, your
> suggestion, as usual, meant nothing.
>
> Alias

Wrong again you lying as*hole!
Frank

Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Frank wrote:
>>
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why not save it in your Documents folder first then copy it to the
>>>>> sub folder in My Briefcase?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you saying that Vista only allows saving to Documents? Weird.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>
>>>
>>> Wrong again pal!
>>
>>
>> About what? If you will reread the sentence, you will notice it has a
>> question mark at the end of it.
>>
>>> Get a life you stupid OS!
>>> Frank
>>
>>
>> I have one, thanks. If I didn't have a life, I would be dead. Ergo,
>> your suggestion, as usual, meant nothing.
>>
>> Alias
>
> Wrong again you lying as*hole!
> Frank

You're not making any sense, Frank.

Alias