1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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IV-43 Have you ever run across this message: “Microsoft Excel was unable to save this file because you do not have rename or delete privileges on the file server where you tried to save it. A temporary file was created on the server. You can re-open this temporary file, and save it to another drive.” Great! Now what? Try this registry entry to solve your problem.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\LANMAN\Server\Parameters

Add the following value under the Parameters key:

Value Name: CachedOpenLimit
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Reboot your machine for these changes to take effect.

Microsoft Word 8.0/97

The following registry keys control the various options that are available in Microsoft Word 97. To change any of these options, you must exit Word, change the registry key, then restart Microsoft Word.

IV-44 If your Word is crashing or you’re getting lots of Dr. Watson dialog boxes while you are using Word, try exiting Word and deleting the next two keys. Microsoft Word rebuilds them based on the information stored under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\New User Settings\Word registry key.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Data
Value Name: Toolbars
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: <lots of data, varies by user>

This values stores your personal toolbar settings for Microsoft Word.

IV-45 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Data
Value Name: Settings
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: <lots of data, varies by user>

This is where your personal settings for Microsoft Word are stored.

IV-46 When using Word 97 to edit an HTML file, you are unceremoniously dumped with an error in Gdi.exe. To fix this problem, you need to have the Office 97 CD handy as well as Regedt32.exe.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Data

Delete the Settings value under the data key.

Value Name: Settings
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: <binary value>

Exit Regedt32.exe. Run setup from your Office 97 CD and choose Reinstall/Update. After Office 97 finishes updating the file, reboot the machine and the problem should go away.

IV-47 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Default Save
Value Name: Default Format
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value:

Would you like Microsoft Word to save its documents in a format other than Word 97? Just modify this key to indicate the format that you want, and it automatically saves any new document to the chosen format. It also prompts you if you try saving your document in a different format than you specified via this key. Specify one of the following values for this key. Note that <blank> means you must leave the field blank.

<blank> Word 8.0/97 (*.doc)
MSWord6Exp Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)
WrdPrfctWin Word Perfect 5.x for Windows (*.doc)
WrdPrfctDOS51 Word Perfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc)
WrdPrfctDat Word Perfect 5.1 or 5.2 Secondary File (*.doc)
WrdPrfctDOS50 Word Perfect 5.0 for DOS (*.doc)
WrdPrfctDat50 Word Perfect 5.0 Secondary File (*.doc)
HTML HTML Document (*.html; *.htm; *.htx)
Text Text Only (*.txt)
CRText Text Only with Line Breaks (*.txt)
8Text MS-DOS Text (*.txt)
8CRText MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks (*.txt)
Unicode Unicode Text (*.txt)
rtf Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
Dot Document Template (*.dot)

IV-48 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Default Save
Value Name: Prompt Text
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: “Other people may not have the latest version of Office, so if you plan to share this file, you should save it in the following format.”


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