Office 2000 err document name or path is not valid

[Whitfield]

When I try to open Excel or Word in Office 2000, I receive the following
error message:

The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions:
* Check the file permissions for the document or drive.
* Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document.
(path\file name)

I have tried a repair, reinstall, and uninstall/reinstall. Nothing seems to
work and I cannot find any other solutions. I can open an existing word doc
fine, but I'd like to know why this error is being generated.

Can anyone offer any ideas, suggestions, etc?
Thanks!

 

[Dawn Crosier]

Can you open Word without any add-ins? See this article for help
on bypassing the add-ins. If you can, then you will need to
determine which new program is causing the conflict.
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=282

Be sure and let us know whether this helps or not.

--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

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When I try to open Excel or Word in Office 2000, I receive the
following
error message:

The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions:
* Check the file permissions for the document or drive.
* Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document.
(path\file name)

I have tried a repair, reinstall, and uninstall/reinstall.
Nothing seems to
work and I cannot find any other solutions. I can open an
existing word doc
fine, but I'd like to know why this error is being generated.

Can anyone offer any ideas, suggestions, etc?
Thanks!

 

[Whitfield]

At the present time I cannot try the suggested solution. I am a computer
consultant, and this issue has only arisen on one or two client machines.

However I will say trying to run word with the /a option as described in the
article did not work when tried on the clients machine.

I believe the article solution will be the answer to resolving the errors I
have seen. The article did a great job of explaining why this issue might
arise and how to troubleshoot it.

The next time I run into this error I will try the posted solution and let
you know if it works.

Thank you very much for your time and help!
Have a great day.