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Installed Office 2003 from disk away from any network. Usual startup task
pane appeared in Excel.Tried to clear tick box in 'Options' but received "Cannot access directory 'h:\Data\spreadshetts\recover'." Receive same message when trying to switch between tabs in Options Menu. Removed, restarted and reninstalled Office. Now at a loss to solving problem / resetting Main directory. |
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Can you map any old network drive (or even local drive or USB or ...) to the F:
drive? If yes, then do that first and then try starting excel and changing your settings. If no, then you could go into the Windows|Registry and search for that string (is it spelled correctly???) and change it to something that you know exists (C:\). For me (xl2003 and winXP Home), I'd look in: HKCU\software\microsoft\office\11.0\Excel\options Be careful when you're editing the registry--there is no "are you sure prompt". You may want to back it up before you do anything. StuS wrote: Installed Office 2003 from disk away from any network. Usual startup task pane appeared in Excel.Tried to clear tick box in 'Options' but received "Cannot access directory 'h:\Data\spreadshetts\recover'." Receive same message when trying to switch between tabs in Options Menu. Removed, restarted and reninstalled Office. Now at a loss to solving problem / resetting Main directory. -- Dave Peterson |
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Worked a treat (I think) - many thanks...
Could not Map Network Drives but edited the registry... There was a spelling mistake in the entries although correcting them had no affect, so edited registry as follows: -- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OFFICE\ Then in 10.0\EXCEL and 11.0\EXCEL deleted various entries: -- AutoRecover... -- DefaultPath I have a PC with the same installation although these entries were not present... Many thanks for the help. Stu. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Can you map any old network drive (or even local drive or USB or ...) to the F: drive? If yes, then do that first and then try starting excel and changing your settings. If no, then you could go into the Windows|Registry and search for that string (is it spelled correctly???) and change it to something that you know exists (C:\). For me (xl2003 and winXP Home), I'd look in: HKCU\software\microsoft\office\11.0\Excel\options Be careful when you're editing the registry--there is no "are you sure prompt". You may want to back it up before you do anything. StuS wrote: Installed Office 2003 from disk away from any network. Usual startup task pane appeared in Excel.Tried to clear tick box in 'Options' but received "Cannot access directory 'h:\Data\spreadshetts\recover'." Receive same message when trying to switch between tabs in Options Menu. Removed, restarted and reninstalled Office. Now at a loss to solving problem / resetting Main directory. -- Dave Peterson |
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