Can't change default file location

[Les Beckham]

After several repeated attempts I have been unable to
change the default file location on the General tab of the
Options dialog. I am also unable to get the AutoRecover
location to change.

I enter a new valid path in each and when I close the
Options dialog and re-open, the old path is back.

I am using Office 2002 on Windows XP professional.

 

[RWN]

Works fine for me, when you "close the Options dialog box" are you
clicking "OK"?
If you're closing without doing that then the entries will be ignored.

--
Regards;
Rob

Please reply to the NG, I'm already up to my eyeballs in Nigerian/South
African get rich letters
as well as "Microsoft Critical Updates" et al.

 

[Les Beckham]

Yes, I am clicking OK. That's why this is so strange.

I have also discovered that I have the same problem in
Word.

Any ideas, anyone?

 

[Torcie]

Are you logged in to your machine as Administrator? If your machine is
on a network, the Network Administrator may have disabled some control
settings, and hence you are unable to change some of you default file
settings.

It is annoying as hell.