This is sometimes a virus checker issue. Excel saves the file with a
temporary name and then tries to rename it to the real name. But if a virus
checker has the file open Excel is prevented from renaming.
--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Alfonso" wrote in message
...
|I am trying to work with some spreadsheets located in another PC of our
local
| network, which has Windows 98. Iīve got Windows XP Professional. In fact,
the
| files are located in a folder which has no restrictions to me.
|
| Since I installed some critical updates I have been unable to modify any
of
| these spreadsheets as Excel tells me it is imposible to save the changes,
and
| also to work with the temporal file it has created and save it with other
| name than the original. As I said, I have total control over the files in
| that folder so I can create and delete files, read them but not modify
them
| now.
|
| I have tried reinstalling Excel 97, upgrading it with Office 97 Service
Pack
| 2b, upgrading it to Excel 2000... but no way to solve this problem. On the
| other hand, we have not made any changes to this folderīs access rights.
|
| Any suggestions on why this is happening?
| Best regards and happy new year to all,
| Alfonso
|