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default file location excel 2k after sp3

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by mikewbc 1 view

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I can't us a UNC \\servername\folder\file in excel after installing sp4. Anyone else have this problem. I ended up maping a drive to servername\folder and then using that in the default file location. It works, but not as clean.

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by leptor

Can you open Windows Explorer and put the path \\servername\folder in the location bar, and then see the list of files located there? Maybe you're not getting the path right, or maybe there is something wrong with permissions. Also - see if you can get to the folder using \\ServerIP\folder. If you can map the drive, you should be able to get to the drive using the Netbios or the IP as the reference.

by mikewbc

It's not permission because the\\wervername\folder\file works in word and the rest of the office applications and can map to is and see it in explorer. The proble is only in excel. It has something to do with the SP3 update of office. It worked on all 50 of my machines before the update, but any machine I've done the SP on it won't work any more. I thik it is something new in excel security.

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