Drive C: Error message

I'm working in a mixed MS/Novell environment where we have a strict
user policy that prohibits the users from saving to their C drive. In
the last couple of days I have had a large number of users that have
started complaining that when they open an Office application and
choose Open, they are met with an error window that says, "Drive C:
does note exist or is not accessible. Make sure you entered the
correct drive." They will have to click off of this error a number of
times before it will give them the option to change to their network
drive and they can access their files like normal. I have tried
logging out and back in and have had mixed success where the C: drive
will reappear under My Computer and everything will work fine, but it
hasn't been 100% successful. In any case, the C: drive is there and
working since XP which runs from it is working. What is causing the
message that I'm receiving? Thanks.

"beerdini" <beerdini@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm working in a mixed MS/Novell environment where we have a strict
> user policy that prohibits the users from saving to their C drive. In
> the last couple of days I have had a large number of users that have
> started complaining that when they open an Office application and
> choose Open, they are met with an error window that says, "Drive C:
> does note exist or is not accessible. Make sure you entered the
> correct drive." They will have to click off of this error a number of
> times before it will give them the option to change to their network
> drive and they can access their files like normal. I have tried
> logging out and back in and have had mixed success where the C: drive
> will reappear under My Computer and everything will work fine, but it
> hasn't been 100% successful. In any case, the C: drive is there and
> working since XP which runs from it is working. What is causing the
> message that I'm receiving? Thanks.

This sounds more of an MS Office question, but you might have a look at the
file paths as set for some of those users. Perhaps, for example, the
normal.dot template has been pointed to the C: drive. And try posting in
the appropriate Office newsgroup.

HTH
-pk