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Selecting A Printer - "Can't Change Path. Fi
DocumentID: 650781
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:01 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: A customer using WordPerfect 5.1 received the message "Can't Change Path. Files Are Open" when trying to select a printer. She was using a stand-alone copy of the program. The user had installed WP 5.1 directly over the WP 5.0 files. Because of this the old .PRS file was present and conflicting. After deleting the old files and trying to select again the message no longer appeared.

The error message is used in setup when changing Location of Files. The message is designed to appear when trying to change a path, but there are currently files related to that path which are opened. For example, if one is currently printing and also trying to change the printer path, this error message should appear. One user received this error because a file was open in document 2 while she tried to change the Location of Document Files in Setup.

One customer, who received this message, reinstalled the program into a new directory and the error no longer occurred.

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