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# File Manager Error: "Directory Does Not Exist"

Article ID: 108699

Article Last Modified on 11/14/2003

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1

This article was previously published under Q108699

## SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following error message when you attempt to rename a file on a floppy disk using Windows 3.1 or 3.11 File Manager or Windows for Workgroups 3.1 File Manager:
Directory A: does not exist. Do you want to create it?

## CAUSE

This error message can occur if the floppy disk is write protected. Remove the write protection from the floppy disk and try the operation again.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.1 of Windows and Windows for Workgroups. This problem does not occur in later versions of Windows for Workgroups.

Additional query words: 3.1 3.10 3.11 Mgr

Keywords: KB108699