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File Manager Error: "Directory Does Not Exist"

Article ID: 108699

Article Last Modified on 11/14/2003

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