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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a
minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
Are you sure it's a file and not just a link to a file that's no longer
there? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
Unless you have Norton Anti Virus, try reregistering Word. From Start, Run
type in winword /r and press enter. Test again. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
The file is definitely there! After I get the "Windows cannot find" message,
I click "OK," then click on the file again and then that second time the file opens. But this means it often takes me several minutes to get the file open, and I shouldn't have to ask twice anyway. But I DO have Norton Anti Virus! What then? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Unless you have Norton Anti Virus, try reregistering Word. From Start, Run type in winword /r and press enter. Test again. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin.
Terry "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... The file is definitely there! After I get the "Windows cannot find" message, I click "OK," then click on the file again and then that second time the file opens. But this means it often takes me several minutes to get the file open, and I shouldn't have to ask twice anyway. But I DO have Norton Anti Virus! What then? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Unless you have Norton Anti Virus, try reregistering Word. From Start, Run type in winword /r and press enter. Test again. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
This does seem to have solved the problem. I wasn't able to find "Options"
or "Office Plugin" on my own, though. I contacted Symantec and a tech support person in southern India was able to locate the problem and fix it by remote control. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin. Terry "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... The file is definitely there! After I get the "Windows cannot find" message, I click "OK," then click on the file again and then that second time the file opens. But this means it often takes me several minutes to get the file open, and I shouldn't have to ask twice anyway. But I DO have Norton Anti Virus! What then? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Unless you have Norton Anti Virus, try reregistering Word. From Start, Run type in winword /r and press enter. Test again. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
I am have the same problem. About a third of the time, when I click on a file
to open it, Word responds with a Word closed unexpectedly warning and then tells me it cannot find the file --even though I started this by clicking on the file. I tried the register command described earlier but it had no effect. I am using McAfee for virus protection not Norton. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin. Terry "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... The file is definitely there! After I get the "Windows cannot find" message, I click "OK," then click on the file again and then that second time the file opens. But this means it often takes me several minutes to get the file open, and I shouldn't have to ask twice anyway. But I DO have Norton Anti Virus! What then? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Unless you have Norton Anti Virus, try reregistering Word. From Start, Run type in winword /r and press enter. Test again. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Itinerantscholar" wrote in message ... Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
"Itinerantscholar" wrote: Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? In Word 2007 - this seems to be the way it tells me that the file is in use by someone else. |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
Is it just one file or any file you try to open?
-- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Just wondering" wrote in message ... "Itinerantscholar" wrote: Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? In Word 2007 - this seems to be the way it tells me that the file is in use by someone else. |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
It is not just one file. It is many files. I stopped it from occuring by
eliminating several "add-in" programs. I think the Omnipage Add-ins are the most suspicious. Earl "Terry Farrell" wrote: Is it just one file or any file you try to open? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Just wondering" wrote in message ... "Itinerantscholar" wrote: Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? In Word 2007 - this seems to be the way it tells me that the file is in use by someone else. |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
Yes. Omnipage has been troublesome. They may have an update that is fully
compatible with 2007. Terry "Earl R" wrote in message ... It is not just one file. It is many files. I stopped it from occuring by eliminating several "add-in" programs. I think the Omnipage Add-ins are the most suspicious. Earl "Terry Farrell" wrote: Is it just one file or any file you try to open? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Just wondering" wrote in message ... "Itinerantscholar" wrote: Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? In Word 2007 - this seems to be the way it tells me that the file is in use by someone else. |
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Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it
I am getting the same problem and I do not know where to look for the
Add-in's. Can you point me to the right direction so I can resolve this problem too. It does it when it is an email file attachment for me. -- Jodi Admin Assistant "Terry Farrell" wrote: Yes. Omnipage has been troublesome. They may have an update that is fully compatible with 2007. Terry "Earl R" wrote in message ... It is not just one file. It is many files. I stopped it from occuring by eliminating several "add-in" programs. I think the Omnipage Add-ins are the most suspicious. Earl "Terry Farrell" wrote: Is it just one file or any file you try to open? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Just wondering" wrote in message ... "Itinerantscholar" wrote: Often when I open up a folder and click on a file, Word will hang for a minute or two. The blue ring will go around and around. Then I get this message: "Windows cannot find 'C:\\Users\[My first name]\Documents\[File name].doc' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I just clicked on the file, so why can't Windows find it? In Word 2007 - this seems to be the way it tells me that the file is in use by someone else. |
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