I dont understand "loading the drive". In any case, I cant access any options
tab to change settings. When I try to access any tab in Options, I get the
error message. Does your suggestion somehow temporarily clear this block.

"Rowan" wrote:

I would guess that your default file location on the ToolsOptionsGeneral
Tab is set to d:\My Documents. If you have drive d mapped as a disk/CD drive
it might be worth creating a folder called My Documents on a disk/CD, loading
the drive and then trying to open excel and change the settings on the
Options tab (change the autosave option as well). I don't know if it will
work (or if you've tried it allready) but it my be worth a go.

Rowan

"bazinoz" wrote:

Using XP Home - get ""Cannot access directory d:\My Documents" whenever I
click on any tab in the Options dialogue box. So I cant change tanything
including the default location of files. Also get an error message when Excel
tries to autosave.

I have removed and reinstalled Office, have installed SP1, started Excel
from "Run"using "/safe" - but same happens. Have searched knowledgebase and
found no hits for the Options issue, but found 1 for autosave - solution
suggested is SP1.
have seen 2 similar postings somewhere in this community which is wher I got
"/safe" from.

It wasnt always like this afte I first installed - virus maybe? I have very
tight security on.