Thanks for the answer, but I'm not clicking on anything in that directory.
Here is my procedure. I get an email, and I like to safe the attachment. For
some reason, MS decides where to put this file, some obscure directory, not
even the last one I saved in. Then I click on my documents, then my work
directory, then the department directory. Then I click on open, because
there is no "save" or "OK " button, and then the name changes to a file in
the that directory. I am not highlighting any file or anything. This happens
with download as well, not just email attachments. Remember, as long as I go
and say OK to the directory MS picks, all is well, it all starts when I
redirect. I've done that for years and had no problems. I do NAV checking,
Spybot checking and Adaware checking once a week. Well the NAV is on all the
time, and I check all my email in text........Peter

"John A" wrote in message
...
If you click on a file name (rather than a folder name) in a folder
when doing SaveAs, that name will appear as the SaveAs file name.
That is normal

John Allen

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:49:24 -0700, "PeterM"
wrote:

Recently I noticed that whenever I get a document in my email, or a file
that I'm downloading, and I want to save it to a specific area, the name
of
the file suddenly changes to a name that is already in the directory. My
"save as name" is not what I started out with. If I leave the area that
the
MS defaults to alone, it keeps the same name though. This only happens if
I
pick a different area to save in. What is going on????? I never had that
problem before.