The first thing I would check is the file association setup. In a folder
window, choose "Folder Options" from the "Tools" menu. There, click the
"File Types" tab and scroll down to "xls" or "xlsm", and click the
"Advanced" button. In that dialog, choose "Open" from the Actions list and
click "Edit". In that dialog, look at the DDE message. It should be:

[open("%1")]

If the quotes are missing, insert them as shown above.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email address is on the web site)

"Jake" wrote in message
...
I recently upgraded from Office XP to Office 2007. Now when I try to open
an
Excel file through Windows Explorer or Windows Search I get the message
"Windows cannot find <filename. Make sure that you typed the name
correctly,
and then try again. This problem applies to files created by Office 2007
as
well as to older ones.

However, if I create a file, save it and then try to open it by clicking
on
the 'Office Button' and then clicking on the file name in 'Recent
Documents',
the file opens properly. Similarly, if I click on the 'Office Button' and
then locate the file using the "Open" function it opens as expected. This
applies to all file types, i.e. 2007 and earlier. Note that the locations
and
names of the now-opened files are the same as those that WE and Search
wasn't
able to find.

Any ideas on what the problem is and how to sort it out? Thanks.