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Re: Computer always searches A: Drive?

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From: giznaz
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00
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On Sun, 06 Apr 1997 18:53:08 -0400, Mark <cps@bright.net> wrote:

>> Marc Stayman <jeramiah@earthlink.net> wrote in article
>> <01bc3e02$9b424700$b6742399@marc-s-laptop>...
>> I have this deviling problem and I need some help.  I run among other
>> things WP 6.1 (16 bit) and Office 95 and whenever I goto file open, the
>> computer trys to open the A:\ drive.  Of course there is nothing there so I
>> have to wait several seconds while it tries.  Even if there is a diskette
>> in the drive it goes to look.  Even if the last file I opened was on the
>> C:\ drive, it goes to the A:\ Drive.  Even when the default drive in File
>> Open is the C:\ is looks to A:\ First.  This happens in WordPerfect, and
>> Excel.  It also searches the drive when I use Netscape or when I load a new
>> page in Netscape.  I have seen other computers do this but have never
>> figured out why.  I suspect WP has something to do with it as well.  If you
>> have figured out how to fix this, please drop me an email.  Thanks.
>
>I run Hijaak 95, and once you read anything from the
>"A" drive, it will forever search the "A" drive trying
>to find files to update it's catalog with. The catalog
>turns icons into representations of the file that the 
>icon is for.
>
>There is no fix for this problem in HiJaak, they said 
>to buy the new version.
>
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I found a preferences dialog in WP, that allows you to set files
location. This sort of thing doesn't sem to happen on all the net'ed
PC's at work, but I don't know if the dialogs are set differently
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From: giznaz@seanet.com
Subject: Re: Computer always searches A: Drive?
Date: 1997/04/07
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