[ms office - 2019] Strange Word 2019 bug!

[cdwyer]

Hi guys,

 

A strange one that’s been reported to me.

 

When one of our users tries to save a file, whether it be new or editing an existing one, sometimes it automatically fills in the ‘save name as’ with a previously existing file.

 

So for example, If I have a document called ‘document 23’ in my home folder and I start a new document, upon trying to save that document, instead of asking you to input a new name, it fills the box in with ‘document 23’ and overwrites the other document.

 

This has caused the user to inadvertently save over documents with new documents.

 

Anyone heard of this?

 

Cheers!

[Arthur]

Do you have inline auto complete enabled for File Explorer?

 

winaero.com/blog/enable-auto-completion-in-file-explorer-in-windows-10

 

The built-in file management tool, File Explorer, comes with a useful Auto Completion feature. When enabled, it automatically appends the suggested text to the letters you type in the Run dialog, in the address bar and in Open and Save dialogs of apps. It allows you to speed up your work and save your time.

 

^ This sounds similar to the issue you are describing.

 

To disable it uncheck the setting highlighted below in Internet Explorer's Advanced options tab or with the following registry setting.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]

"Append Completion"="no"

 

[cdwyer]

Do you have inline auto complete enabled for File Explorer?

 

winaero.com/blog/enable-auto-completion-in-file-explorer-in-windows-10

 

 

 

^ This sounds similar to the issue you are describing.

 

To disable it uncheck the setting highlighted below in Internet Explorer's Advanced options tab or with the following registry setting.

 

 

 

 

Brill thanks for this I’ll give it a try Monday.