When I open word and attempt to open a file from Documents I ge a message
that says this shortcut does not exist but I can open it using Word Pad. I
haven't changed anything and it has worked fine in the past just recently
started to do this.

Hi

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by opening a file "from Documents".
But if you can open the file in WordPad, then it must exist. Try File
Open. Navigate to where the document is and open it from there.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"hillr5" wrote in message
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When I open word and attempt to open a file from Documents I ge a message
that says this shortcut does not exist but I can open it using Word Pad. I
haven't changed anything and it has worked fine in the past just recently
started to do this.

See if re-registering Word will fix it -

How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



hillr5 wrote:
When I open word and attempt to open a file from Documents I ge a
message that says this shortcut does not exist but I can open it
using Word Pad. I haven't changed anything and it has worked fine in
the past just recently started to do this.