Windows Vista Forums
Vista Forums Home Join Vista Forums Webcasts Windows 7 Forum Vista Tutorials Tags

Welcome to Vista Forums we are your forum to discuss Windows Vista x64 and x86 systems. Whether you need help or just want to post an idea you have on Vista, this is the forum for you.
Register at Vista forums...the world biggest Windows Vista resource Join Vista Forums Now

Go Back   Vista Forums > Vista Newsgroups > Vista file management

SaveAs dialog changes file-name to save

Update your Vista Drivers Update Your Drivers Now!!
Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-17-2008   #1 (permalink)
Junior Member


Join Date: Jan 2008
Vista Ultimate x64
 
Rep Power: 6
BobF is on a distinguished road
  BobF is offline

SaveAs dialog changes file-name to save

SaveAs dialog typically opens with the file-name box filled in with
the name of the file being saved. E.g. download an internet file by using the context menu "Save As" choice. The file-name to be downloaded is automatically inserted into the "SaveAs" dialog.

Very handy!

Now, if you happen to click on a file in the display pane of the "SaveAs" dialog - say by accident or intentionally to delete no longer wanted files in that folder, THE FILE NAME TO BE SAVED
IS CHANGED TO THE LAST FILE YOU CLICKED ON.

At this point you've lost the name of the file chosen by the web site you are downloading from, or if you hit "Save" are running the risk of overwriting a file you don't want to overwrite.

DANGER! DANGER!

Can anyone explain to me how this is useful?

Better yet, how can I turn off this feature so the original file-name
is retained in the "SaveAs" dialog?

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-18-2008   #2 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP
Guest


 

Re: SaveAs dialog changes file-name to save

Bob

The Save As dialog box is not used for general file maintenance, like
renaming, deleting, etc. You can do this in Windows Explorer.

Here is how I use this feature. I have cetain websites where I save pages
every few days, these files have very long custom names. When the page has
added new information, I use the Save As dialog box to select the existing
custom named file and click Save. A dialog box appears stating that the file
already exists and do I want to replace the file, I click Yes and the file
is updated.

You will always get this warning dialog if you select a file that already
exists.

If you do happen to accidentally click another file in the Save As dialog
box, you can click the drop down arrow at the right side of the File Name
Box and select the name that was automatically generated when you first
opened the Save As dialog box.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"BobF" <BobF.36fcv3@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:BobF.36fcv3@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...
Quote:

>
> SaveAs dialog typically opens with the file-name box filled in with
> the name of the file being saved. E.g. download an internet file by
> using the context menu "Save As" choice. The file-name to be downloaded
> is automatically inserted into the "SaveAs" dialog.
>
> Very handy!
>
> Now, if you happen to click on a file in the display pane of the
> "SaveAs" dialog - say by accident or intentionally to delete no longer
> wanted files in that folder, THE FILE NAME TO BE SAVED
> IS CHANGED TO THE LAST FILE YOU CLICKED ON.
>
> At this point you've lost the name of the file chosen by the web site
> you are downloading from, or if you hit "Save" are running the risk of
> overwriting a file you don't want to overwrite.
>
> DANGER! DANGER!
>
> Can anyone explain to me how this is useful?
>
> Better yet, how can I turn off this feature so the original file-name
> is retained in the "SaveAs" dialog?
>
>
> --
> BobF
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-18-2008   #3 (permalink)
Junior Member


Join Date: Jan 2008
Vista Ultimate x64
 
Rep Power: 6
BobF is on a distinguished road
  BobF is offline

Re: SaveAs dialog changes file-name to save

Thanks for identifying the drop-down list where the original file-name has been stacked. I was not aware of this.

I would estimate your use of SaveAs to remap filenames is less frequently used than to use SaveAs to just save using the automatically filled in name. As such, I would prefer your use to require an extra gui step to do the remap and therefore allow the behavior of SaveAs to be altered to eliminate the confusion I find in its present state.

If you frequently remap custom web pages onto standard file-names that must be a pain to do over and over and over. Why not have automation to do this remapping for you? Even perhaps automation setup available through the SaveAs dialog?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Closed Thread

Thread Tools
Display Modes



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Save File dialog default folder location sfnch General Discussion 7 06-15-2008 05:39 PM
File save dialog confusing Edmond de Savornin Lohman Vista file management 1 05-10-2008 10:22 PM
File Open/Save Dialog not responding AliilA Vista General 8 04-19-2008 01:45 PM
File Open/Save Dialog Box hangs all applications =?Utf-8?B?Q2FybA==?= Vista General 3 04-11-2007 04:30 PM
File Open and File Save As Dialog Freeze and Hang All Applications =?Utf-8?B?TGlnaHRmb290ZQ==?= Vista file management 0 07-12-2006 11:39 AM


Vistax64.com is an independent web site and has not been authorized,
sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation.
"Windows Vista", the Start Orb, and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
© Designer Media 2005-2008

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51