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Excel 2010 - Cannot save spreadsheet
I am trying to save an Excel 2010 spreadsheet located on my desktop and get the message "Document not saved." That's it, no details. See image. This is a timesheet document used every day and this problem just recurred today after several months. The document is located on my desktop which is a Redirected Folder. I ran into the problem once before which I dealt with by saving to a new name, the deleting the original. Not the solution I prefer.
This site: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/214073/you-receive-an-error-message-when-you-try-to-save-a-file-in-excel, has the following information:
Cause
This problem will occur when the process that Excel uses to save a file is interrupted. For example, if you are saving to an external drive such as a network drive, the connection has been dropped. Or, if you are saving to a removable disk, such as a floppy diskette, the disk has been removed.
Resolution
To continue working with this file, save the workbook to a different disk drive. You must restore the connection or correct the problem with the original target drive before you can save to that drive again.
As mentioned, the desktop is a redirected folder. All office workstations are connected to the domain controller hosting the redirected folders and no one else seems to have experienced such a problem.
Rebooting the workstation doesn't help - same error. Surprising since Excel had to read the redirectedFolder location in order to open the file in the first place. In examining the redirected folder location on the DC itself there is no ~*.xlsx file or any obvious indication of a lock or in use.
Any ideas on what's wrong or where to look?
This site: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/214073/you-receive-an-error-message-when-you-try-to-save-a-file-in-excel, has the following information:Cause
This problem will occur when the process that Excel uses to save a file is interrupted. For example, if you are saving to an external drive such as a network drive, the connection has been dropped. Or, if you are saving to a removable disk, such as a floppy diskette, the disk has been removed.
Resolution
To continue working with this file, save the workbook to a different disk drive. You must restore the connection or correct the problem with the original target drive before you can save to that drive again.
As mentioned, the desktop is a redirected folder. All office workstations are connected to the domain controller hosting the redirected folders and no one else seems to have experienced such a problem.
Rebooting the workstation doesn't help - same error. Surprising since Excel had to read the redirectedFolder location in order to open the file in the first place. In examining the redirected folder location on the DC itself there is no ~*.xlsx file or any obvious indication of a lock or in use.
Any ideas on what's wrong or where to look?
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Try to Uninstall the last update for Microsoft Office Excel, Test, and then reinstall.
The Update History shows 6 security updates for MS Office 2010 on the 14th (2 days ago), nothing for Excel specifically. Are you suggesting I back out all these updates?
Yes, but a better idea is to to Restore your system to 2 days ago before installing those updates and check if that can fix the problem.
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Well, I went a different route and have an even more bizarre problem. Rather than do system restores, I was able to save the file with a different name. I was not able to delete the original file from my desktop, but I did delete it from the redirected folder on the server. However, the file icon continues to persist (see circled file in image). I've search the redirected folder on the server and the C: drive on the local computer. This file name does not turn up anywhere! I rebooted the computer, but it's still there. If I try to delete it from the desktop I get "Not enough quota is available to process this command" (see image).
What gives? Am I digging the hole deeper?
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What gives? Am I digging the hole deeper?
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Thanks! That's a good link too.
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