Jane,

the link that you gave worked just perfect for me and now i am able to open
the excel by double clicking on it.

thanks a ton

Amit

"capgar" wrote:

This solution may work for Excel but it does not work for Word. The first
time I click on the file name in my documents folder, I get the error message
(this also occurs in e-mail). The second time I click on the file it
actually opens. I haven't seen a solution out there yet. Does anyone know
of one for Word?

Thanks...Chris

"R. C. White" wrote:

Hi, Jane.

Thanks for that! Another poster is having a similar problem. I'll see if
this will help him, too. ;)

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta 2 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Jane C" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Does this shed any light on the issue?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211494

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Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP Windows Shell/User

"Dj Rawlings" wrote in message
...
I cleared the recent items window and used some of the excel files, I even
created and saved some new files. Then tried opening them from the
Recent
Items window, the same thing would occur--the excel application would
open
with out a spread sheet and the file cannot be found message would
appear. I
want to mentioned that the same problem occurs with the main documents
window. The only way the excel file can be opened is through the excel
application itself. There seems to be an issue between windows and
excel.
Maybe when the shortcuts are created or something is blocking excels
shortcuts. I am not really knowledgeable to know how to resolve this
thing.
Do you have any other ideals that I can try?

I have also restored my computer to an earlier date. That didn't work
either.

Dj Rawlings

I had the same problem and this solution resolved it !!!
Great.
Thank you very much.

"Jane C" wrote:

Hi,

Does this shed any light on the issue?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211494

--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP Windows Shell/User

"Dj Rawlings" wrote in message
...
I cleared the recent items window and used some of the excel files, I even
created and saved some new files. Then tried opening them from the Recent
Items window, the same thing would occur--the excel application would open
with out a spread sheet and the file cannot be found message would appear.
I
want to mentioned that the same problem occurs with the main documents
window. The only way the excel file can be opened is through the excel
application itself. There seems to be an issue between windows and excel.
Maybe when the shortcuts are created or something is blocking excels
shortcuts. I am not really knowledgeable to know how to resolve this
thing.
Do you have any other ideals that I can try?

I have also restored my computer to an earlier date. That didn't work
either.

Dj Rawlings

I had this problem with Office 2003 on Vista Ultimate with the trial
Office 2007 loaded. To fix it, I uninstalled the Office 2007 and then
ran the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility. I removed all the references
to Office 2007. 'Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility'
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301)

Then I had to re-install Office 2003.

After that, all is well.


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PortlandPaw

I've spent untold hours on the phone with folks from Dell in the US and
India and this simple fix did the trick. Thanks so much for taking time
to respond.


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jrk