Hi, Shayray.
We can't help you without more details.
There is no "My Documents" in Vista, except as a "Junction" pointing to the
equivalent folder, perhaps C:\Users\shayray\Documents.
But I'm only guessing where you might have saved it. Only YOU can see your
computer and find out for sure.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
"shayray" <shayray@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:10DAF77F-403A-4EE1-B7CC-ADEF4DF29BA7@xxxxxx
Quote:
> the file is in my documents. i had made a new file there, saved it, went
> back
> made changes and then couldn't save.
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Hi, Shayray.
>>
>> Usually, when we hear this complaint, it's because the user is trying to
>> save the file to a "forbidden" location - such as C:\Program Files.
>>
>> The Program Files folder never was intended to be used to store data, but
>> pre-Vista versions of Windows did not enforce this idea. Vista does.
>> You'll need to give yourself special permission to save files there.
>>
>> If that is not the situation in your case, please tell us more about
>> WHERE
>> you are trying to save the file.
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "shayray" <shayray@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5A5BE687-2896-46AE-9B50-17F06A5E7CBA@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > The problem I have is when I open a notepad file and make changes to
>> > it, I
>> > am
>> > trying to save the file in the same location. All I do is hit file then
>> > the
>> > save button and I get an error saying cannot save file. I also says
>> > make
>> > sure
>> > path and file name are correct. I never canged the path or file name.
>> > Please
>> > help, has there been any problem like this before?