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Rugger
I'm running Vista and Office 07 (both fully updated).
When i try to open a Office data file (either a Word document or Excel
spreadsheet) thru Explorer (by clicking on the file name), where the program
(Word or Excel) is not already running, most times the program will start,
but the document screen will be blank, and i will get a message box reading
"Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\...' Make sure you tryped the name correctly,
and then try again." Since of course i didn't type the name but instead
clicked on a file, the message doesn't exactly fit, but i guess it's the
closest message the system has. If i OK to clear the box and then go back to
Explorer and click the file name again, it opens fine. So clearly the
problem is with trying to open the program and a file at the same time.
I will note that a similar thing happens when i click on a Word file that's
an attachment to an email in Outlook, where Word is not already running. In
those cases the message reads: "The system cannot find the file specified."
Different message, some problem.
This does not happen with files from other programs. When i click on those
file names, the program opens and the file appears. so clearly the problem
is with Office 07 and not Vista. Curiously, the problem does not happen with
Powerpoint.
The associations are fine -- the right program opens. It's just that the
program cannot open the file. My settings in Word and Excel are defaults
except for time between backups, which shouldn't have any impact.
if anyone has any ideas, they'd be welcome.
--
Bob
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When i try to open a Office data file (either a Word document or Excel
spreadsheet) thru Explorer (by clicking on the file name), where the program
(Word or Excel) is not already running, most times the program will start,
but the document screen will be blank, and i will get a message box reading
"Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\...' Make sure you tryped the name correctly,
and then try again." Since of course i didn't type the name but instead
clicked on a file, the message doesn't exactly fit, but i guess it's the
closest message the system has. If i OK to clear the box and then go back to
Explorer and click the file name again, it opens fine. So clearly the
problem is with trying to open the program and a file at the same time.
I will note that a similar thing happens when i click on a Word file that's
an attachment to an email in Outlook, where Word is not already running. In
those cases the message reads: "The system cannot find the file specified."
Different message, some problem.
This does not happen with files from other programs. When i click on those
file names, the program opens and the file appears. so clearly the problem
is with Office 07 and not Vista. Curiously, the problem does not happen with
Powerpoint.
The associations are fine -- the right program opens. It's just that the
program cannot open the file. My settings in Word and Excel are defaults
except for time between backups, which shouldn't have any impact.
if anyone has any ideas, they'd be welcome.
--
Bob
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-5d6d29044d9f&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc