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| Thread ID: 85661 | 2007-12-18 00:36:00 | Word 97 problem | linw (53) | Press F1 |
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| 622237 | 2007-12-18 00:36:00 | Anyone seen this before? Friend tries to open a word doc, even one he has created himself, by dbl clicking the doc file in his My Documents folder . Word fires up and pops up an error window saying it can't open the document, check filename and extension . So, you click on the OK button . Another window pops up saying the document name or path is invalid . Click, OK . Then three more of the same, then the doc opens . Docs open fine from Word itself . Tried googling but it is a bit hard to define a search! Probably time for a re-install, I guess . |
linw (53) | ||
| 622238 | 2007-12-18 00:40:00 | Haha, I had that a short time ago with Vista and Office XP. I reinstalled Office which cured that. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 622239 | 2007-12-18 01:01:00 | Try this open My Computer, select tools> Folder options>View . Select Show hidden files and folders, click OK . try going to search and select Files and Folders>More advanced options> Select hidden files and folders & Syatem Files . In the search are search for Normal . dot - when you find it, right click and rename it to normal . old press ok - Reopen word - see if any better . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 622240 | 2007-12-18 03:34:00 | Does the doc file have spaces in the filename? I've had problems with other packages stuffing up the registry settings for other file types - the shell/open command for that file type loses it's quotes &, lo and behold, you suddenly can't open any file with spaces in the file name - or path. If this is your experience, have a look in Tools/Folder Options in My Computer, select the File Types tab & select the DOC extension. Select the Advanced tab (this is XP - it's a bit more direct in earlier versions) & look at the settings for the "Open" action. You should see something like [FileOpen("%1")] It's critical that the %1 is surrounded by quotes. |
MushHead (10626) | ||
| 622241 | 2007-12-18 06:36:00 | Thanks for the good suggestions, all. I'll check things out tomorrow. MushHead, tallies with the experience. Anything in My Documents has a path with spaces in it. And it is this shell command that is being called. Lindsay. |
linw (53) | ||
| 622242 | 2007-12-18 22:08:00 | Yes, it is having trouble with the spaces in the name/path. I can see it parsing its way along. A name without spaces in the root directory loads fine. Add a space to it - bingo. But, the open %1 does have dbl quotes around it ("%1"). It looks identical to the entry on my XP machine. Oh, well, I think he is going to install Word2000 so this problem will resolve itself, I guess. Thanks for the help. |
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