'Your changes could not be saved...'

[Weasel]

Hey,

Running Excel 2000 on Windows XP, using workbooks on a
windows 2000 server... Occassionally, we get the error
message 'you changes could not be saved to xxx.xls, they
will be saved to a temporary file X1X1X1X1 instead' (or
something similar).

Has anyone found a fix/way around this problem... is it a
problem with the server or excel?

Thanks for your help guys,

S

 

[Dave Peterson]

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension).

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original and if that's successful,
xl will rename the funny named file to the original's name.

Common things that get blamed for interruptions to this process are antivirus
software poking its head in or network errors--either permissions or physical
problems.

I think I'd start with the easiest stuff first. Try disabling the antivirus
software.

If that didn't help, I'd go back and have those permissions checked.

(maybe it's a hardware problem???)