I got an issue with a customer who is running windows 7 enterprise 32bit + latest patches, Office 2003 SP3 + latest patches, sharepoint 2003 server with latest patches.
We cannot get excel to open files when mapping a sharepoint folder to a drive letter or via the direct UNC path. I have tried various methods to get this to work such as run in administrator mode with and with out compatibility XP sp3 and sp2, there are
no proxies set either. I can open them with IE, but we have to upload the changes to the sharepoint site. We cannot save them to the UNC path.
When I attempt this from a PC(mine) running windows 7 Enterprise 32bit with office 2007 sp2. It opens with no issue and prompts for the username and password every time. The setup with windows/office 2003sp3 does not prompt for a username or password. It
just fails to open. The 2 error messages I get are
Could not open "http://ssl/c10/..."
Microsoft office excel cannot access the file "Q:\something.xls"
The file name or path does not exists.
The files is being used by another program
The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a currently open workbook
none of these are the case. I can open the file if I copy it locally from the sharepoint site as well.
