<FIXED> Buggy Paint and Notepad if save location is no longer available

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<FIXED> Buggy Paint and Notepad if save location is no longer available

Submitted by antiufo on January 4, 2009 to Bug

Problem: Try this:

* Create a new folder
* Open Notepad, Save a file to that folder and close it
* Delete the folder
* Open Notepad
* Save as

You get not one, but two errors.

Solution: Simply display an other folder (for example Documents or Libaries) if the save folder doesn't exist.

Severity: High

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

Image:

Discussion (8 comments)

longzheng wrote on January 4, 2009, 11:49am

That's a pretty serious issue

xombie wrote on January 4, 2009, 12:07pm

I noticed this too.
I think it might not be just paint and notepad, but with the computer browser dialog itself.

Ensign Joe wrote on January 4, 2009, 3:40pm

Even if this dialog HAS to appear, it should appear once and follow the Aero guidelines because this huge amount of text is just shit. And: "Errors are not 'OK', place a 'close' button instead" :D

WindowsFan wrote on January 4, 2009, 3:49pm

AAARRGGG. I hate when this happens. I think IE 8 does it too.

tino wrote on January 4, 2009, 5:04pm

Smells like a typical beta bug to me ;)

fiji wrote on January 4, 2009, 9:06pm

image won't appear!

fiji wrote on January 4, 2009, 9:06pm

nevermind. right when I posted that comment the image reappeared

limzm wrote on February 18, 2009, 11:29am

hmm, this has been happening since Windows Vista.