FP2000: Error Message When You Try to Save or Open a File or to Open a Web (300657)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q300657 SYMPTOMS If you try to save a file or open a file in FrontPage 2000,
you may receive one of the following error messages:
Unable to save file -or- Unable to open file
If you try to open a Web in FrontPage 2000, you may receive the
following error message: Unable to open web. Possible
causes:
- The web server may not have the FrontPage Server Extensions
installed.The web server may be temporarily out of service.If you are
connecting through a proxy server, the proxy settings may be incorrect.An error
may have occurred in the web server.Opening a web using ftp:// is not
allowed.
- The web server may be temporarily out of service.If you are
connecting through a proxy server, the proxy settings may be incorrect.An error
may have occurred in the web server.Opening a web using ftp:// is not
allowed.
- If you are connecting through a proxy server, the proxy
settings may be incorrect.An error may have occurred in the web server.Opening
a web using ftp:// is not allowed.
- An error may have occurred in the web server.Opening a web
using ftp:// is not allowed.
- Opening a web using ftp:// is not allowed.
CAUSE FrontPage cannot open files, save files, or open Webs if
the following conditions are both true:
- You redirect your My Documents folder to a network
share.
- The default "My Webs" disk-based Web has not been created
in the My Documents folder.
RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, obtain the latest update for
Office 2000.
For additional information, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack
WORKAROUND To work around this problem, manually create the default
"My Webs" disk-based Web in your My Documents folder. To do this, follow these
steps:
- Open FrontPage 2000.
- On the File menu, click New, and then click Web.
- Click the Empty Web template.
- In the Specify the location of the new web
box, type the UNC path to your My Documents folder. Append My
Webs for the name of a new Web.
For example:
\\MyServer\MyShare\My Webs - Click OK.
The new Web is created in the My Documents folder, and
FrontPage now can open files, save files, and open Webs. STATUS This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000
SR-1/SR-1a.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/23/2003 |
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Keywords: | kbbug kbfix KB300657 |
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