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March 13th, 2018 13:00

Cannot save the file on Dell laptop

I was given a .mpp format file to do a simple change. But MS Project won't let me save to .mpp.

After saving the file this error message occurred:

Cannot save in this location contact administrator for permission
Also

Unknown error

The version of office is Microsoft Office 2013.

Windows 8.1

Dell Inspiron 17 5000 i5767 17.3" Laptop

Is anybody able to help with this please?

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March 18th, 2018 13:00

Hi,

You may try the following suggestions one by one to check the issue.

Suggestion 1: Temporarily disable antivirus program.

Suggestion 2: Click Start, All Programs, right click Internet Explorer and click Run as administrator.

Suggestion 3: Click Start, type inetcpl.cpl into Search box and press Enter. Switch to Security tab, uncheck “Enable Protected Mode (requires restarting Internet Explorer)” and click OK.

If still no help, here you can find more information: Project files recovery

What’s the result?

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March 13th, 2018 14:00

See where the program is trying to save the file. Try right clicking and choose Save as to see the path. Make sure it is saving it in an available location on the hard drive. Then move to wherever you want.

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