I'm trying to save an excel (Office 2007) file to a CD

L

lauren

I have a new computer with Windows XP and this is the first time I've tried
to save to a CD. It works fine when I save to the floppy drive. But when I
do Save As and choose the CD drive, it says:
The folder 'D:\*.*' isn't accessible. The folder may be located in an
unavailable
location, protected with a password, or the file name contains a \ or /.
I don't know what this means so I'm stuck.
 
T

Technodi

First to explain the / or \. This simply means you can't save a file that
has these characters, there are several more as well. An example would be if
you had a file named "lauren's 4/21/06". It won't allow the ' or the / when
saving to CD, even though you can save it that way in Windows typically.

The message: The folder 'D:\*.*' isn't accessible. The folder may be
located in an unavailable location, protected with a password, or the file
name contains a \ or / could be displayed simply because you don't have a
disc in the CD drive. I have had these issues in the past.

I would assume that you have some sort of CD software program (most
computers come loaded with something). Typically it would be a Roxio or
Sonic program. If you have either of these, try opening the program and
loading the files that way and see if the problem is resolved.
 
J

James Silverton

Technodi wrote on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:56:02 -0700:

T> The message: The folder 'D:\*.*' isn't accessible. The
folder may
T> be located in an unavailable location, protected with a
T> password, or the file name contains a \ or / could be
T> displayed simply because you don't have a disc in the CD
T> drive. I have had these issues in the past.

T> I would assume that you have some sort of CD software
T> program (most computers come loaded with something).
T> Typically it would be a Roxio or Sonic program. If you have
T> either of these, try opening the program and loading the
T> files that way and see if the problem is resolved.

T> "lauren" wrote:

??>> I have a new computer with Windows XP and this is the
??>> first time I've tried to save to a CD. It works fine when
??>> I save to the floppy drive. But when I do Save As and
??>> choose the CD drive, it says: The folder 'D:\*.*' isn't
??>> accessible. The folder may be located in an
??>> unavailable location, protected with a password, or the
??>> file name contains a \ or /. I don't know what this means
??>> so I'm stuck. -- lauren

Have you tried Right Click> Send to after as Lauren says, being
sure that you have a CD or DVD in the drive? As far as staying
away from unallowed characters, I find, say 4-21-07, is a
reasonable and allowed way to show a date.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not
 
J

JoAnn Paules

Never save directly to removable media - floppy, flash drive, CD, whatever.
Always copy to/from Windows Explorer or, if dealing with writable disks, you
could use your favorite burning software.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

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