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randy111

EXCEL FILES SAVED TO DESKTOP WILL NOT OPEN FROM DESKTOP
 
I have Visa premium and office 2007, when I save an excel workbook to my
desktop and try to open it later I get the error "windows cannot find "but
other applications like word work fine. I can open the same file from excel
just fine, but not from the desktop.

Bob[_13_]

EXCEL FILES SAVED TO DESKTOP WILL NOT OPEN FROM DESKTOP
 
Try this: Right click the file and choose Run As Administrator.

"randy111" wrote in message
...
I have Visa premium and office 2007, when I save an excel workbook to my
desktop and try to open it later I get the error "windows cannot find "but
other applications like word work fine. I can open the same file from
excel
just fine, but not from the desktop.



randy111

EXCEL FILES SAVED TO DESKTOP WILL NOT OPEN FROM DESKTOP
 
Thanks Bob, but right clicking on a file in 2007 doesn't even give me that
option, do you think it could hvae anything to do with how the drive is
mapped?

"Bob" wrote:

Try this: Right click the file and choose Run As Administrator.

"randy111" wrote in message
...
I have Visa premium and office 2007, when I save an excel workbook to my
desktop and try to open it later I get the error "windows cannot find "but
other applications like word work fine. I can open the same file from
excel
just fine, but not from the desktop.




Bob[_13_]

EXCEL FILES SAVED TO DESKTOP WILL NOT OPEN FROM DESKTOP
 
It's most likely a "permissions" issue.
Right click and choose Properties. Make sure Read Only is unchecked.

Let me know if that works because if it doesn't and you are using a Vista
machine you'll probably need to "take ownership".

"randy111" wrote in message
...
Thanks Bob, but right clicking on a file in 2007 doesn't even give me that
option, do you think it could hvae anything to do with how the drive is
mapped?

"Bob" wrote:

Try this: Right click the file and choose Run As Administrator.

"randy111" wrote in message
...
I have Visa premium and office 2007, when I save an excel workbook to my
desktop and try to open it later I get the error "windows cannot find
"but
other applications like word work fine. I can open the same file from
excel
just fine, but not from the desktop.






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