When you use the Save As command in a 16-bit Windows-based program to save
a file to an IBM LAN server, you may receive the following error message:
This path does not exist
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This error can occur if the file name you specified already exists in the
destination folder.
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Save the file with a file name that does not already exist in the
destination folder.
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Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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This behavior occurs only if all the following conditions exist:
| • | The file is being saved to an IBM LAN server. |
| • | The 16-bit program uses Commdlg.dll to display the Save As dialog
box. |
| • | You are using the Save As command. |
| • | The file name you specified already exists in the destination folder. |
| • | The destination folder is not the root of the network share.
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Note that this behavior does not occur with the following servers:
| • | Microsoft Windows 95 servers |
| • | Microsoft Windows for Workgroups servers |
| • | Microsoft Windows NT servers |
| • | Microsoft LAN Manager 2.x servers |
| • | Novell NetWare 3.x or 4.x servers |
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