Setting workgroup template location in Word 97 running on Win XP

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Aaron - 25 Jul 2003 21:14 GMT

I'm running Office 97 on the Windows XP operating system
and trying to set my workgroup template location to a
network path. When I try to open a template I get this
message - "Cannot open the templates in the Workgroup
Templates location you selected". This also happens on
Win NT but not on Win 95/98 or 2000. I also tried mapping
a drive to it but that also does not work. Is there a
solution to this issue?
Thanks

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Charles Kenyon - 26 Jul 2003 00:27 GMT

It has to do with your user's network permissions, it can be cured there,
not within Word. By the way, the correct way to be using Workgroup templates
is to use File => New and create a new document, not to "open" a template.
Opening a template means your user can edit the template. Probably you want
the folder containing your workgroup templates to have "read-only"
permissions for all users and require admin privileges to be able to open or
edit anything in the folder.
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> I'm running Office 97 on the Windows XP operating system
> and trying to set my workgroup template location to a
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> solution to this issue?
> Thanks

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aaron - 28 Jul 2003 14:16 GMT

I don't see how it has to do with network permissions.
This works correctly on other O/S but not on XP or NT
workstation. The templates folder is shared and read only
for users. Also the way we open them is File =>New since
it is a template and we are not opening a document. I
think it has to be something to do with the O/S. Do you
have any other ideas?

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