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I am using Office XP and when I try to open a network drive in it, they all have little red &quot;x&quot; next to them. &nbsp;If I click on them, I get a message that the drive name contains //.\ or something. &nbsp; It also pops up &quot;the drive is not valid. &nbsp;Enter a valid drive letter&quot;. &nbsp;But, the other Office XP programs see the network drives fine. &nbsp;Just Excel that has this problem. &nbsp;Any ideas?
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I am using Office XP and when I try to open a network drive in it, they all have little red "x" next to them.  If I click on them, I get a message that the drive name contains //.\ or something.   It also pops up "the drive is not valid.  Enter a valid drive letter".  But, the other Office XP programs see the network drives fine.  Just Excel that has this problem.  Any ideas?

Microsoft Office XP Excel Not Accessing Network Drives

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Windows Networking

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Microsoft Applications

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