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Itinerantscholar
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 Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it |
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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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JoAnn Paules
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on i |
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Are you sure it's a file and not just a link to a file that's no longer
there?
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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"Itinerantscholar" <Itinerantscholar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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| Quote: | 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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Terry Farrell
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on i |
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Unless you have Norton Anti Virus, try reregistering Word. From Start, Run
type in
winword /r
and press enter. Test again.
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Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
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| Quote: | 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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Itinerantscholar
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on i |
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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:
| Quote: | 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" <Itinerantscholar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:3C1AD2B2-28DC-4256-9482-65ED8EE41617@microsoft.com...
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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Terry Farrell
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on i |
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Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin.
Terry
"Itinerantscholar" <Itinerantscholar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:91DB433B-6F38-4C4E-81C4-C9BDFAE18F28@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | 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" <Itinerantscholar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:3C1AD2B2-28DC-4256-9482-65ED8EE41617@microsoft.com...
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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Itinerantscholar
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on i |
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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:
| Quote: | Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin.
Terry
"Itinerantscholar" <Itinerantscholar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:91DB433B-6F38-4C4E-81C4-C9BDFAE18F28@microsoft.com...
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" <Itinerantscholar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:3C1AD2B2-28DC-4256-9482-65ED8EE41617@microsoft.com...
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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Earl R
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on i |
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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:
| Quote: | Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin.
Terry
"Itinerantscholar" <Itinerantscholar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:91DB433B-6F38-4C4E-81C4-C9BDFAE18F28@microsoft.com...
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" <Itinerantscholar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:3C1AD2B2-28DC-4256-9482-65ED8EE41617@microsoft.com...
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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