"Bruce Schechter" <bruce@coding-r-us.com> wrote in message
news:OaqcxhPLEHA.2100@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> Suddenly, after many months of problem free usage of vs.net 2003 ( version
> 7.1.3088), when I open the IDE, select "new project", select folder,
assign
> name ("testcode"), and then click "OK"... I get a dialog box with the
> following error message: "The folder 'testcode' isn't accessible. The
> folder may be located in an unavailable location, protected with a
password,
> or the filename contains a / or \."
>
> I looked at Windows XP Pro's file access rights for the file folder, and
> don't see anything that looks out-of-the ordinary that might cause a file
> access problem. (But, I really don't know what to look for in this
case?!)
> The users with access are me, administrators, and System (all of which
have
> full rights.)
>
> The file folder I am targetting is simply a subdirectory of vs.net's
default
> location. Nothing special there.
>
> BTW, I find no reference to such an issue in MS Knowledgebase. No luck
via
> Google groups.
>
> What could be cause? Very urgent, BTW.
>
> Thanks, Bruce
>
>