Beth
Wed Jan 07 22:12:09 CST 2004
Hi Todd,
Still sounds like a file association problem. Occasionally I have to
delete the Registered File Type for Word, reboot, and then use the
winword /r command. Don't worry - I've done this 100s of times. :-)
- Open the Windows Explorer
- Go to Tools/Folder Options
- Select the File Types tab
- Located "Microsoft Word Documents"
- Delete the File Type
- Reboot
- Go to Start/Run and run: winword /r
Note the space before the forward slash.
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"toddsilva" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05c301c3d571$27cb4700$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Terry,
>
> No, I haven't, this is a home based machine. Can we start
> this as a new thread, or are you easily able to continue
> on this e-mail thread?
>
> Todd
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Have you had the corporate version of Norton installed at
> any time?
> >
> >Terry
> >
> >"toddsilva" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message
> >news:03ba01c3d4ac$2e295530$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >Terry,
> >
> >Yes, they are showing the correct icon. And I just
> >created a test doc saved as RTF, it displayed the correct
> >icon but gave me the same problem.
> >
> >Todd
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>In Explorer, are documents displaying the correct Word
> >icon? If you save a
> >>document in RTF, and then close Word and try double-
> >clicking the RTF
> >>document, does that exhibit the same problem?
> >>
> >>Terry
> >>
> >>"toddsilva" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >in message
> >>news:000201c3d467$0d990d00$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >>Thank you Terry,
> >>
> >>I did that, remembering it from another e-mail thread
> that
> >>I recently read. This has not resolved the issue.
> Please
> >>keep in mind that this is occuring with another, non-MS
> >>Office, program, so it is not just Office related. This
> >>looks to me to be a Win Explorer or file association
> >>issue. I ran winword /r at the command prompt and this
> >>did not resolve either. Looking forward to your next
> >>reply, advising. Thank you again,
> >>
> >>Todd
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>Open NAV and disable the Office Plug-in option. All will
> >>be well with the
> >>>world again.
> >>>
> >>>Terry
> >>>
> >>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:040c01c3d3e2$7f24be90$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>Terry,
> >>>
> >>>Thanks. Yes, I am. NAV2003. But I have been using it
> >>>for quite a while, and this issue with Word started just
> >a
> >>>few days ago.
> >>>
> >>>Todd
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>Todd
> >>>>
> >>>>Are you using Norton Anti Virus?
> >>>>
> >>>>--
> >>>>Terry Farrell - Word MVP
> >>>>
http://www.mvps.org/word/
> >>>>
> >>>>"toddsilva" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >>>in message
> >>>>news:092301c3d3d8$95711a40$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>>Beth,
> >>>>
> >>>>I did some more research, and it looks like this is
> >>>>explained in Knowledge Base article 209768. I checked
> >my
> >>>>NORMAL.DOT template, however, and there are no macros
> as
> >>>>discussed in this article. One more thing, this exact
> >>>>same issue occurs with one other program, a non
> >Microsoft
> >>>>product. So I am now back to thinking this is a
> Windows
> >>>>Explorer problem/issue.
> >>>>
> >>>>Todd
> >>>>
> >>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>Beth,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thank you for your prompt response. I followed your
> >>>>>instruction, and am still having the same issue as
> >>>>>originally posted. Any further suggestions?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Todd
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>Hi Todd,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>You can use the following command to recreate the
> file
> >>>>>associations
> >>>>>>for Word. Go to Start/Run and run:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>winword /r
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Note the space before the forward slash.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>--
> >>>>>>Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup.
> >>>>>Requests for
> >>>>>>assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>>>>>Beth Melton
> >>>>>>Microsoft Office MVP
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Word FAQ:
http://mvps.org/word
> >>>>>>TechTrax eZine:
http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
> >>>>>>MVP FAQ site:
http://mvps.org/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>"toddsilva" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >wrote
> >>>>>in message
> >>>>>>news:015301c3d3be$c043c660$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>>>>> I am using Office 2000, with Win 2000 Pro O/S. I
> >>>>>>> typically open files by double clicking on them in
> >>Win
> >>>>>>> Explorer or on the desktop. I am now having a
> >>problem
> >>>>>>> opening docs in Word, let me explain:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> When I double click to open a file created in Word,
> >I
> >>>>>get
> >>>>>>> a grey dialog box with the "X" in the red circle.
> >>The
> >>>>>>> message in the box says "Cannot find the file
> >>>>[filename]
> >>>>>>> (or one of its components). Make sure the path and
> >>>>>>> filename are correct and that all required
> libraries
> >>>>are
> >>>>>>> available." If I open Word and then open the file
> >>>from
> >>>>>>> within Word, no problem.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I can still open other files by the double click
> >>>>method,
> >>>>>>> eg, Excel, PDF, MP3, WAV, etc.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If Word is already open, however, and I double
> click
> >>>to
> >>>>>>> open a new file, I do not get this error, and it
> >>>>>>> successfully opens the new file.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Also, if I click on a Word doc e-mail attachment
> >icon
> >>>>in
> >>>>>>> Outlook, I get a dialog box with exclamation mark
> in
> >>>>>>> yellow triangle that says "The system cannot find
> >the
> >>>>>file
> >>>>>>> specified."
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> This seems like a Win Explorer issue, although it
> >>only
> >>>>>>> happens with Word files. I started having this
> >>>problem
> >>>>>>> over the weekend on an installation that is 2 years
> >>>>old,
> >>>>>>> very robust, and has never seen a problem like
> this.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks for your help.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >