OFF2000: Office Programs Ignore System Policy When You Use Open Command (268778)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Access 2000, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Excel 2000, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Publisher 2000, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2000, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
This article was previously published under Q268778
Microsoft Office 2000 = OF2000

SYMPTOMS

In the Office 2000 programs listed at the beginning of this article, when you click Open on the File menu, you can browse to restricted drives, even though drive access is restricted via Group Policy.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date        Time    Version     Size       File name       Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------------
   10/27/2000  01:30a  0.0.0.0000    544,256  MSO9.msp        x86
   10/27/2000  01:37a  0.0.0.0000  2,904,576  MSO9_Admin.msp  x86
   05/04/2000  04:53p  0.0.0.0000      3,059  Readme.txt      x86
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later: 
   Date        Time    Version     Size       File name       Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------------
   10/26/2000  09:34a  9.0.0.4625  5,595,185  Mso9.dll        x86

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about this issue, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249946 OFF2000: Office Programs Ignore System Policy to Hide Places Bar

302753 OFF2000: Office Programs Can Browse Restricted Drives

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbOffice2000SP3Fix kbbug kbfix KB268778
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