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When I try to launch C:\My Documents\06-RateData.xls in Excel 97,
I get a screen that says " 'C:\My.xls' could not be found. ..." After I hit OK this is followed by a screen that says " 'Documents\06-RateData.xls' could not be found ..." and after I hit OK again 06-RateData.xls opens and everything seems normal; all of my macros are available. I cannot find C:\My.xls on my hard drive or in the Recycle Bin, and I don't know what it is. Ths same thing happens whenever I try to open any other Excel 97 file. But once Excel is open, the problem disappears and I can then open any *.xls file normally. What do I have here, and how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance. |
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The error has to do with the spaces in the pathname.
Note you get an error at each space. Try the usual fix(es) for this problem. ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications" Exit Excel and try again If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar 1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK. 2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK. See the space between exe and /regserver You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe. In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 13:04:00 -0800, rmpete wrote: When I try to launch C:\My Documents\06-RateData.xls in Excel 97, I get a screen that says " 'C:\My.xls' could not be found. ..." After I hit OK this is followed by a screen that says " 'Documents\06-RateData.xls' could not be found ..." and after I hit OK again 06-RateData.xls opens and everything seems normal; all of my macros are available. I cannot find C:\My.xls on my hard drive or in the Recycle Bin, and I don't know what it is. Ths same thing happens whenever I try to open any other Excel 97 file. But once Excel is open, the problem disappears and I can then open any *.xls file normally. What do I have here, and how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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Thank you, Gord Dibben
Re-registering Excel removed the problem completely. Thanks again. rmpete "Gord Dibben" wrote: The error has to do with the spaces in the pathname. Note you get an error at each space. Try the usual fix(es) for this problem. ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications" Exit Excel and try again If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar 1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK. 2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK. See the space between exe and /regserver You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe. In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 13:04:00 -0800, rmpete wrote: When I try to launch C:\My Documents\06-RateData.xls in Excel 97, I get a screen that says " 'C:\My.xls' could not be found. ..." After I hit OK this is followed by a screen that says " 'Documents\06-RateData.xls' could not be found ..." and after I hit OK again 06-RateData.xls opens and everything seems normal; all of my macros are available. I cannot find C:\My.xls on my hard drive or in the Recycle Bin, and I don't know what it is. Ths same thing happens whenever I try to open any other Excel 97 file. But once Excel is open, the problem disappears and I can then open any *.xls file normally. What do I have here, and how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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Thanks for the feedback.
What the re-register does is place quotes around the command line so the spaces are ignored. Gord On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 13:56:01 -0800, rmpete wrote: Thank you, Gord Dibben Re-registering Excel removed the problem completely. Thanks again. rmpete "Gord Dibben" wrote: The error has to do with the spaces in the pathname. Note you get an error at each space. Try the usual fix(es) for this problem. ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications" Exit Excel and try again If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar 1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK. 2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK. See the space between exe and /regserver You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe. In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 13:04:00 -0800, rmpete wrote: When I try to launch C:\My Documents\06-RateData.xls in Excel 97, I get a screen that says " 'C:\My.xls' could not be found. ..." After I hit OK this is followed by a screen that says " 'Documents\06-RateData.xls' could not be found ..." and after I hit OK again 06-RateData.xls opens and everything seems normal; all of my macros are available. I cannot find C:\My.xls on my hard drive or in the Recycle Bin, and I don't know what it is. Ths same thing happens whenever I try to open any other Excel 97 file. But once Excel is open, the problem disappears and I can then open any *.xls file normally. What do I have here, and how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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