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OFF95: Cannot Delete Files in the Open Dialog Box in Windows NT

Article ID: 145872

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5

This article was previously published under Q145872

SYMPTOMS

If you are using one of the products listed above with Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51, you will not be able to delete documents from within either the Open or Save dialog boxes. Also, the Help file entry erroneously states that you can delete documents in this manner.

CAUSE

You do not have any menu options or buttons for deleting files in either dialog box because these features were designed for running under the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system and are not features of Microsoft Windows NT.

RESOLUTION

If you want to delete files under the Windows NT operating system, use File Manager.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords: KB145872