Excel saves under new file name

[Terry Thompson]

We have been experiencing a strange bug on saving excel files. Instead of
saving to the files current name it saves to a randomly generated
number/letter combo. Note this does not happen all the time and sheets
saved the network seem to be unaffected.

Normally the file info reads MS Excel workbook. The randomly named file
reads MS Excel 5.0/95 workbook.

This gets to be a problem when you have saved a password protected document
and are unable to open it since you have no clue as to the files original
name.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

T

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

We have been experiencing a strange bug on saving excel files. Instead of
saving to the files current name it saves to a randomly generated
number/letter combo. Note this does not happen all the time and sheets
saved the network seem to be unaffected.

Normally the file info reads MS Excel workbook. The randomly named file
reads MS Excel 5.0/95 workbook.

This gets to be a problem when you have saved a password protected document
and are unable to open it since you have no clue as to the files original
name.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

T

Those randomly named files are temporary files that should be deleted when
the normal file is properly saved. Are you sure you have proper permissions
on the location where the file is saved?

 

[Terry Thompson]

The new file is not in addition to the old one. It replaces it all together.
Yes, I have proper permissions. I save to my desktop or my documents folder
it still happens. Existing or new files it does not matter.