cannot find directory error message

[Kevin Gele]

I tried to change the autosave location path in Excel
2002, but mistyped it. Instead of being able to go back
in and edit the path, I receive a "cannot find directory"
message and I cannot click on any tab in the Options
dialog box. Any suggestions?

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you remember what you mistyped, maybe you could just create that folder?

If not, do you feel comfortable playing in the registry?

Under:
hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\office\10.0\excel\options
there's an option for "AutoRecoverPath"

Mine shows nothing.

But under tools|options|save, it shows:
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Maybe you could just wipe out the value under that entry--not the entry itself.

 

[BrianB]

Make a folder with the required (wrong) name.

Regards
BrianB
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[Kevin Gele]

Thanks! That worked. My original problem was that when I
changed the location, I left out the "\", so I could not
create the folder because no valid path was recognized.