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Re: Computer always searches A: Drive?

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From: Mike
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:00
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Marc Stayman wrote:
> 
> 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.
> --
> Marc
My system did that to me for a while.  I believe that what happened is
that one of the last files that you saved was to a:\.  I fixed it on my
machine by sticking in a floppy disk and then saving the file to c:\. 
and then exited.  When I went back in, it searched c:\ for the file that
I wanted open.  This was with Word and would probably work with Excel, 
I don't know about WordPerfect.  I did use a program a long time ago
that this didn't work for, but I can't remember what it was.  Oh well,
that doesn't matter then.

Good luck.

Mike
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From: Mike <mhedman@micron.net>
Subject: Re: Computer always searches A: Drive?
Date: 1997/03/31
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