Article ID: 160640
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1a
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q160640
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open more than seven files from a Novell NetWare
file server, you get a message that says:
Cannot open file <filename>
Cannot access file
This problem is likely to happen when attempting to consolidate more than
seven files that reside on a Novell NetWare file server.
NOTE: The error messages produced by Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
are similar:
Word
Cannot open the document <filename>
Excel
Cannot open or save any more documents
Unable to read from disk
CAUSE
Microsoft Office 7.0 applications cannot open more than seven files
simultaneously from a NetWare server on a workstation that uses the
Novell NetWare Client 32 for Windows 95.
This problem also occurs if the Windows 95 workstation is using the
real-mode Novell VLM client.
NOTE: This problem seems to affect any 32-bit application that uses OLE
to save files.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, do one of the following:
- Obtain the update from Novell for the Novell NetWare Client 32
for Windows 95; specifically, get the file C3295d.exe. Run this
file and, after all the files are expanded, read the instructions
in the file C3295d.txt. In particular, the file Client32.nlm is
the component that must be updated to correct this issue.
-or-
- If you are using the Novell VLM client, either use the Novell NETx
client or, preferably, install the Novell NetWare 32 for Windows 95
client and apply the patch noted above.
-or-
- Use the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks.
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Additional query words: prj2000 4.10a
Keywords: kb3rdparty KB160640