I have a problem with office 2013 applications on a client server network. Users that have a network share N: drive sometimes cannot open files when the run any of the office applications. On the splash screen they get the option to open a file from computer
but the browse button does absolutely nothing it just flickers... If they browse directly into their share while the office application is running and try and open the file directly, office throws an error saying it could not be found or its already open and
cannot be opened "Microsoft Excel cannot access the file
the file name or path
does not exist"
which is not true!! If I go into options and try and specify the save path the browse button does not work. The save path is
\\my-server\users\%username% which is available and active in my computer because the user can browse through their files in my computer.. It's almost as if office thinks the network is not available even though
it is.
If I remove the users roaming profile from the server and from the local computer and re-login it works and they can open the file from microsoft office but as soon as they log out and log back in it stops working again. It's a real mystery beause sometimes it actually works but very rarely.
I think it is something to do with permissions and roaming profiles but cannot figure out what is causing this.
if I log in as an administrator without a roaming profile then i can open files fine from office every single time.
help anybody?
I have this in my logon script but I don't think that should be causing the problem:
Error Resume Next
key = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\currentversion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\"
Sh.RegWrite key & "Favorites", "\\myserver-files\Students\" & strUserName & "\Favorites"
key = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\currentversion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\"
Sh.RegWrite key & "My Pictures", "\\myserver\Students\" & strUserName & "\My Pictures"
- Edited by dubsdj - MCITP Thursday, September 19, 2013 9:15 PM