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I have a file afew folders deep in my c: drive named quot;Used for May
BirthdaysJSmithquot; without the parenthesis. When I double-click to open it,
Excel says it can't find the file. This happens whether I try to open it from
within Excel or just double-click it to lunch Excel. If I move the same file
to the Desktop, it opens fine with no errors.

Also, If I leave the file where I was getting errors but just remove the
JSmith from the end of the file name, it opens fine from there too.

I have all Office and WinXP updates. Any ideas on what's going on??

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver amp; /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

Joe Man wrote:
gt;
gt; I have a file afew folders deep in my c: drive named quot;Used for May
gt; BirthdaysJSmithquot; without the parenthesis. When I double-click to open it,
gt; Excel says it can't find the file. This happens whether I try to open it from
gt; within Excel or just double-click it to lunch Excel. If I move the same file
gt; to the Desktop, it opens fine with no errors.
gt;
gt; Also, If I leave the file where I was getting errors but just remove the
gt; JSmith from the end of the file name, it opens fine from there too.
gt;
gt; I have all Office and WinXP updates. Any ideas on what's going on??

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Dave Peterson

I figured out what the problem was. The filepath was too long. It was several
folders deep and it exceeded the maximum length. I didn't even know there was
a maximum.

quot;Dave Petersonquot; wrote:

gt; Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
gt; the file in windows explorer:
gt;
gt; Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)
gt;
gt; --- or ---
gt;
gt; Close Excel and
gt; Windows Start Button|Run
gt; excel /unregserver
gt; then
gt; Windows Start Button|Run
gt; excel /regserver
gt;
gt; The /unregserver amp; /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
gt; factory defaults.
gt;
gt; Joe Man wrote:
gt; gt;
gt; gt; I have a file afew folders deep in my c: drive named quot;Used for May
gt; gt; BirthdaysJSmithquot; without the parenthesis. When I double-click to open it,
gt; gt; Excel says it can't find the file. This happens whether I try to open it from
gt; gt; within Excel or just double-click it to lunch Excel. If I move the same file
gt; gt; to the Desktop, it opens fine with no errors.
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Also, If I leave the file where I was getting errors but just remove the
gt; gt; JSmith from the end of the file name, it opens fine from there too.
gt; gt;
gt; gt; I have all Office and WinXP updates. Any ideas on what's going on??
gt;
gt; --
gt;
gt; Dave Peterson
gt;