save to same file as opened

I just re-checked to make sure of the extension, it is definitly xls. The
filename is the current month and day as 5-29 for today when you click on the
save icon you get a Save as box with a filename of 5-291 with an extension of
xls with the default folder selected instead of the folder where the file
came from. Prior to this week, when you click on the save icon it just saved
the file over the original. This system is used by several people, on
different shifts, week-end shifts, and fill-ins for vacations and sick calls.
The file is an event log and the officer on duty enters data in at least once
an hour, everything has worked OK for the past several years and just started
to have problems, no one will admit to makeing any changes in the file.
Re-installing the master, which is write protected on the network makes no
improvement. The same master installed on other computers works OK.
--
dmtech


"Anne Troy" wrote:

> 1,2,3? Sounds like the file was saved as a template. Are you sure the file
> name is XLS and not XLT?
> *******************
> ~Anne Troy
>
> www.OfficeArticles.com
>
>
> "dmtech" <dmtech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3869892F-B18A-458D-9E49-9D9661C9EC2A@microsoft.com...
> > Using Excel97. when my user opens a file, makes changes and then clicks
> the
> > save icon, it used to save the changes to the file that was originally
> > opened, now it brings up a save as dialog box, adds a 1,2,3.... to the
> > filename and saves it in the default folder instead of where it came from.
> > How do I put it back to the way it was
> > --
> > dmtech
>
>
>

Well, it sounds to me like somebody put a macro in there to save it to a new
name. Otherwise, my brain isn't thinking right today, which is always
possible. Given there's no input from anybody else...I think they're
clueless, too.
*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com


"dmtech" <dmtech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DCB589FD-A98E-47AE-BCEF-7D7627D0AA6E@microsoft.com...
> I just re-checked to make sure of the extension, it is definitly xls. The
> filename is the current month and day as 5-29 for today when you click on
the
> save icon you get a Save as box with a filename of 5-291 with an extension
of
> xls with the default folder selected instead of the folder where the file
> came from. Prior to this week, when you click on the save icon it just
saved
> the file over the original. This system is used by several people, on
> different shifts, week-end shifts, and fill-ins for vacations and sick
calls.
> The file is an event log and the officer on duty enters data in at least
once
> an hour, everything has worked OK for the past several years and just
started
> to have problems, no one will admit to makeing any changes in the file.
> Re-installing the master, which is write protected on the network makes no
> improvement. The same master installed on other computers works OK.
> --
> dmtech
>
>
> "Anne Troy" wrote:
>
> > 1,2,3? Sounds like the file was saved as a template. Are you sure the
file
> > name is XLS and not XLT?
> > *******************
> > ~Anne Troy
> >
> > www.OfficeArticles.com
> >
> >
> > "dmtech" <dmtech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:3869892F-B18A-458D-9E49-9D9661C9EC2A@microsoft.com...
> > > Using Excel97. when my user opens a file, makes changes and then
clicks
> > the
> > > save icon, it used to save the changes to the file that was originally
> > > opened, now it brings up a save as dialog box, adds a 1,2,3.... to the
> > > filename and saves it in the default folder instead of where it came
from.
> > > How do I put it back to the way it was
> > > --
> > > dmtech
> >
> >
> >

Since you're seeing the SaveAs dialog, it sounds like excel knows that this file
can't be overwritten.

If you look at the title bar, do you see [Read-Only] there?

If you do, then either the user opened the workbook in readonly mode. Or the
file could have its attributes set to ReadOnly (via windows explorer???). Or it
could mean that the user doesn't have write access to that drive/folder.

If there's another user who has the file open, this user may have ignored the
message that said it was in use and answered "yes" to the readonly prompt.

==========

Arrrrrrgggggggghhhh!

My "real" guess (after re-reading your post).

I bet that user who is having the trouble double clicks on the file in windows
explorer to open it.

If you walk by that user's pc and ask them to rightclick on that file (in
windows explorer), you should see one option in bold letters. For most people,
Open should be the default action for .xls files.

But I'm guessing you see New in bold. That means that windows/excel will treat
that file (and all .xls files) as a template.

One way to fix this is:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.


=========
Yeah, I could have deleted that first portion of my post. But it was a lot of
typing and it could have been useful <vbg>.




dmtech wrote:
>
> I just re-checked to make sure of the extension, it is definitly xls. The
> filename is the current month and day as 5-29 for today when you click on the
> save icon you get a Save as box with a filename of 5-291 with an extension of
> xls with the default folder selected instead of the folder where the file
> came from. Prior to this week, when you click on the save icon it just saved
> the file over the original. This system is used by several people, on
> different shifts, week-end shifts, and fill-ins for vacations and sick calls.
> The file is an event log and the officer on duty enters data in at least once
> an hour, everything has worked OK for the past several years and just started
> to have problems, no one will admit to makeing any changes in the file.
> Re-installing the master, which is write protected on the network makes no
> improvement. The same master installed on other computers works OK.
> --
> dmtech
>
> "Anne Troy" wrote:
>
> > 1,2,3? Sounds like the file was saved as a template. Are you sure the file
> > name is XLS and not XLT?
> > *******************
> > ~Anne Troy
> >
> > www.OfficeArticles.com
> >
> >
> > "dmtech" <dmtech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:3869892F-B18A-458D-9E49-9D9661C9EC2A@microsoft.com...
> > > Using Excel97. when my user opens a file, makes changes and then clicks
> > the
> > > save icon, it used to save the changes to the file that was originally
> > > opened, now it brings up a save as dialog box, adds a 1,2,3.... to the
> > > filename and saves it in the default folder instead of where it came from.
> > > How do I put it back to the way it was
> > > --
> > > dmtech
> >
> >
> >

--

Dave Peterson

Good call! Dying to know if you're right...
*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com


"Dave Peterson" <petersod@verizonXSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:42EABEAA.26E6F51B@verizonXSPAM.net...
> Since you're seeing the SaveAs dialog, it sounds like excel knows that
this file
> can't be overwritten.
>
> If you look at the title bar, do you see [Read-Only] there?
>
> If you do, then either the user opened the workbook in readonly mode. Or
the
> file could have its attributes set to ReadOnly (via windows explorer???).
Or it
> could mean that the user doesn't have write access to that drive/folder.
>
> If there's another user who has the file open, this user may have ignored
the
> message that said it was in use and answered "yes" to the readonly prompt.
>
> ==========
>
> Arrrrrrgggggggghhhh!
>
> My "real" guess (after re-reading your post).
>
> I bet that user who is having the trouble double clicks on the file in
windows
> explorer to open it.
>
> If you walk by that user's pc and ask them to rightclick on that file (in
> windows explorer), you should see one option in bold letters. For most
people,
> Open should be the default action for .xls files.
>
> But I'm guessing you see New in bold. That means that windows/excel will
treat
> that file (and all .xls files) as a template.
>
> One way to fix this is:
>
> Close Excel and
> Windows Start Button|Run
> excel /unregserver
> then
> Windows Start Button|Run
> excel /regserver
>
> The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
> factory defaults.
>
>
> =========
> Yeah, I could have deleted that first portion of my post. But it was a
lot of
> typing and it could have been useful <vbg>.
>
>
>
>
> dmtech wrote:
> >
> > I just re-checked to make sure of the extension, it is definitly xls.
The
> > filename is the current month and day as 5-29 for today when you click
on the
> > save icon you get a Save as box with a filename of 5-291 with an
extension of
> > xls with the default folder selected instead of the folder where the
file
> > came from. Prior to this week, when you click on the save icon it just
saved
> > the file over the original. This system is used by several people, on
> > different shifts, week-end shifts, and fill-ins for vacations and sick
calls.
> > The file is an event log and the officer on duty enters data in at least
once
> > an hour, everything has worked OK for the past several years and just
started
> > to have problems, no one will admit to makeing any changes in the file.
> > Re-installing the master, which is write protected on the network makes
no
> > improvement. The same master installed on other computers works OK.
> > --
> > dmtech
> >
> > "Anne Troy" wrote:
> >
> > > 1,2,3? Sounds like the file was saved as a template. Are you sure the
file
> > > name is XLS and not XLT?
> > > *******************
> > > ~Anne Troy
> > >
> > > www.OfficeArticles.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "dmtech" <dmtech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:3869892F-B18A-458D-9E49-9D9661C9EC2A@microsoft.com...
> > > > Using Excel97. when my user opens a file, makes changes and then
clicks
> > > the
> > > > save icon, it used to save the changes to the file that was
originally
> > > > opened, now it brings up a save as dialog box, adds a 1,2,3.... to
the
> > > > filename and saves it in the default folder instead of where it came
from.
> > > > How do I put it back to the way it was
> > > > --
> > > > dmtech
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson

I'm having a similar issue WHen opening an excel spreadsheet from a location
other than the Default Office location whenever I do a Save As Excel opens My
Documents to save it there rather than the original location. If I open
Excel 1st then open the spreadsheet from excel it saves to the location the
document was opened from. This occurred after upgrading to XP SP2 and Office
SP3. I have machines that have not yet been updated and they don't exhibit
this behavior

"Anne Troy" wrote:

> Good call! Dying to know if you're right...
> *******************
> ~Anne Troy
>
> www.OfficeArticles.com
>
>
> "Dave Peterson" <petersod@verizonXSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:42EABEAA.26E6F51B@verizonXSPAM.net...
> > Since you're seeing the SaveAs dialog, it sounds like excel knows that
> this file
> > can't be overwritten.
> >
> > If you look at the title bar, do you see [Read-Only] there?
> >
> > If you do, then either the user opened the workbook in readonly mode. Or
> the
> > file could have its attributes set to ReadOnly (via windows explorer???).
> Or it
> > could mean that the user doesn't have write access to that drive/folder.
> >
> > If there's another user who has the file open, this user may have ignored
> the
> > message that said it was in use and answered "yes" to the readonly prompt.
> >
> > ==========
> >
> > Arrrrrrgggggggghhhh!
> >
> > My "real" guess (after re-reading your post).
> >
> > I bet that user who is having the trouble double clicks on the file in
> windows
> > explorer to open it.
> >
> > If you walk by that user's pc and ask them to rightclick on that file (in
> > windows explorer), you should see one option in bold letters. For most
> people,
> > Open should be the default action for .xls files.
> >
> > But I'm guessing you see New in bold. That means that windows/excel will
> treat
> > that file (and all .xls files) as a template.
> >
> > One way to fix this is:
> >
> > Close Excel and
> > Windows Start Button|Run
> > excel /unregserver
> > then
> > Windows Start Button|Run
> > excel /regserver
> >
> > The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
> > factory defaults.
> >
> >
> > =========
> > Yeah, I could have deleted that first portion of my post. But it was a
> lot of
> > typing and it could have been useful <vbg>.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > dmtech wrote:
> > >
> > > I just re-checked to make sure of the extension, it is definitly xls.
> The
> > > filename is the current month and day as 5-29 for today when you click
> on the
> > > save icon you get a Save as box with a filename of 5-291 with an
> extension of
> > > xls with the default folder selected instead of the folder where the
> file
> > > came from. Prior to this week, when you click on the save icon it just
> saved
> > > the file over the original. This system is used by several people, on
> > > different shifts, week-end shifts, and fill-ins for vacations and sick
> calls.
> > > The file is an event log and the officer on duty enters data in at least
> once
> > > an hour, everything has worked OK for the past several years and just
> started
> > > to have problems, no one will admit to makeing any changes in the file.
> > > Re-installing the master, which is write protected on the network makes
> no
> > > improvement. The same master installed on other computers works OK.
> > > --
> > > dmtech
> > >
> > > "Anne Troy" wrote:
> > >
> > > > 1,2,3? Sounds like the file was saved as a template. Are you sure the
> file
> > > > name is XLS and not XLT?
> > > > *******************
> > > > ~Anne Troy
> > > >
> > > > www.OfficeArticles.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "dmtech" <dmtech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:3869892F-B18A-458D-9E49-9D9661C9EC2A@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Using Excel97. when my user opens a file, makes changes and then
> clicks
> > > > the
> > > > > save icon, it used to save the changes to the file that was
> originally
> > > > > opened, now it brings up a save as dialog box, adds a 1,2,3.... to
> the
> > > > > filename and saves it in the default folder instead of where it came
> from.
> > > > > How do I put it back to the way it was
> > > > > --
> > > > > dmtech
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
>
>
>