Running Office 2007 on Windows Vista for a long time, no problem. Today, out
of the suddenly, Excel files stopped being open when I double-click the file.
I can only open Excel file from whithin Excel program using the option
"Open". Already repaired Office, unistalled and reinstalled Excel 2007!
Nothing has worked... Still the error message:

Windows cannot find
'C:\file path...\file name.xlsx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and
then try again.

Any clue?

Cheers,

MAB.

On May 9, 10:11*am, MAB <M...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Running Office 2007 on Windows Vista for a long time, no problem. Today, out
> of the suddenly, Excel files stopped being open when I double-click the file.
> I can only open Excel file from whithin Excel program using the option
> "Open". Already repaired Office, unistalled and reinstalled Excel 2007!
> Nothing has worked... Still the error message:
>
> Windows cannot find
> 'C:\file path...\file name.xlsx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and
> then try again.
>
> Any clue?
>
> Cheers,
>
> MAB.

Hi,

Sounds like the file is corrupted. I think you can try a utility
called Advanced Excel Repair to repair your Excel xls file. It works
rather well for my corrupt Excel xls files. Its web address is
http://www.datanumen.com/aer/ Good luck!

Alan

Alan,

Thank you for the answer. The problem is not with one specific file. It's
with all Excel files! Would all of them be corrupted? I don't think so...
unless it's a virus for Excel. As no Excel file is open unless from the Open
option from whithin the Excel, I think there might exist a config problem!

Regards,

MAB.

"Alan" wrote:

> On May 9, 10:11 am, MAB <M...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Running Office 2007 on Windows Vista for a long time, no problem. Today, out
> > of the suddenly, Excel files stopped being open when I double-click the file.
> > I can only open Excel file from whithin Excel program using the option
> > "Open". Already repaired Office, unistalled and reinstalled Excel 2007!
> > Nothing has worked... Still the error message:
> >
> > Windows cannot find
> > 'C:\file path...\file name.xlsx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and
> > then try again.
> >
> > Any clue?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > MAB.
>
> Hi,
>
> Sounds like the file is corrupted. I think you can try a utility
> called Advanced Excel Repair to repair your Excel xls file. It works
> rather well for my corrupt Excel xls files. Its web address is
> http://www.datanumen.com/aer/ Good luck!
>
> Alan
>

I'm having the same problem. My excel program came preloaded on my Dell
computer. I worked online 45 minutes today with a Dell tech, they can't
solve the problem either. I can open about 50% of my spreadsheets, but the
rest say "corrupt". The tech suggested possibly copying the sheets to a scan
disk and opening them on another computer. I haven't tried that yet, however
it doesn't sound to promising. Still searching for a solution

"MAB" wrote:

> Running Office 2007 on Windows Vista for a long time, no problem. Today, out
> of the suddenly, Excel files stopped being open when I double-click the file.
> I can only open Excel file from whithin Excel program using the option
> "Open". Already repaired Office, unistalled and reinstalled Excel 2007!
> Nothing has worked... Still the error message:
>
> Windows cannot find
> 'C:\file path...\file name.xlsx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and
> then try again.
>
> Any clue?
>
> Cheers,
>
> MAB.

Finally!

Go to Excel button and click Excel options. In Advance (left panel) see in
the General options whether the option "Ignore other applications... (DDE)"
is selected. If so, unselect it!

That's it!

Now you can open any Excel file just clicking on it!

MAB.

"tkc" wrote:

> I'm having the same problem. My excel program came preloaded on my Dell
> computer. I worked online 45 minutes today with a Dell tech, they can't
> solve the problem either. I can open about 50% of my spreadsheets, but the
> rest say "corrupt". The tech suggested possibly copying the sheets to a scan
> disk and opening them on another computer. I haven't tried that yet, however
> it doesn't sound to promising. Still searching for a solution
>
> "MAB" wrote:
>
> > Running Office 2007 on Windows Vista for a long time, no problem. Today, out
> > of the suddenly, Excel files stopped being open when I double-click the file.
> > I can only open Excel file from whithin Excel program using the option
> > "Open". Already repaired Office, unistalled and reinstalled Excel 2007!
> > Nothing has worked... Still the error message:
> >
> > Windows cannot find
> > 'C:\file path...\file name.xlsx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and
> > then try again.
> >
> > Any clue?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > MAB.

You Rock!! ..I have been experiencing this for the last few days and
couldn't figure out how to fix. Thank you for the post!
Janis

"MAB" wrote:

> Finally!
>
> Go to Excel button and click Excel options. In Advance (left panel) see in
> the General options whether the option "Ignore other applications... (DDE)"
> is selected. If so, unselect it!
>
> That's it!
>
> Now you can open any Excel file just clicking on it!
>
> MAB.
>
> "tkc" wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same problem. My excel program came preloaded on my Dell
> > computer. I worked online 45 minutes today with a Dell tech, they can't
> > solve the problem either. I can open about 50% of my spreadsheets, but the
> > rest say "corrupt". The tech suggested possibly copying the sheets to a scan
> > disk and opening them on another computer. I haven't tried that yet, however
> > it doesn't sound to promising. Still searching for a solution
> >
> > "MAB" wrote:
> >
> > > Running Office 2007 on Windows Vista for a long time, no problem. Today, out
> > > of the suddenly, Excel files stopped being open when I double-click the file.
> > > I can only open Excel file from whithin Excel program using the option
> > > "Open". Already repaired Office, unistalled and reinstalled Excel 2007!
> > > Nothing has worked... Still the error message:
> > >
> > > Windows cannot find
> > > 'C:\file path...\file name.xlsx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and
> > > then try again.
> > >
> > > Any clue?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > MAB.

[ca90884]

Greetings.

I am using MSOffice 2007 for Home and Student. About 2 weeks ago, I can't open my excel files.
The symptoms are as follows:

1. the Excel screen is hanging with the hour glass working hard.
2. need to close the program.
3. the excel file happened to be disabled and need to enable using the excel option in add-in option
4. tried to create a brand new worksheet with only simple arithmetic, say 1 = 1 = 2, save under a new name, but could not open again.

I've tried to uninstall and reinstall the MSOffice, but same thing happened again, I have tried all suggestion from forum users which got same problem.

Thanks in advance!
LC

Yay!!! Thank you so much, I fought with this issue for some time now, and
wasn't actually sure how to word the error on google. Either way I hit the
jackpot!! Thanks!! Great post, glad there are others that experience these
problems, because I was going CRAZY!!

"MAB" wrote:

> Finally!
>
> Go to Excel button and click Excel options. In Advance (left panel) see in
> the General options whether the option "Ignore other applications... (DDE)"
> is selected. If so, unselect it!
>
> That's it!
>
> Now you can open any Excel file just clicking on it!
>
> MAB.
>
> "tkc" wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same problem. My excel program came preloaded on my Dell
> > computer. I worked online 45 minutes today with a Dell tech, they can't
> > solve the problem either. I can open about 50% of my spreadsheets, but the
> > rest say "corrupt". The tech suggested possibly copying the sheets to a scan
> > disk and opening them on another computer. I haven't tried that yet, however
> > it doesn't sound to promising. Still searching for a solution
> >
> > "MAB" wrote:
> >
> > > Running Office 2007 on Windows Vista for a long time, no problem. Today, out
> > > of the suddenly, Excel files stopped being open when I double-click the file.
> > > I can only open Excel file from whithin Excel program using the option
> > > "Open". Already repaired Office, unistalled and reinstalled Excel 2007!
> > > Nothing has worked... Still the error message:
> > >
> > > Windows cannot find
> > > 'C:\file path...\file name.xlsx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and
> > > then try again.
> > >
> > > Any clue?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > MAB.

Thank you very much. I almost give up vista because of this annoying problem!

"MAB" wrote:

> Finally!
>
> Go to Excel button and click Excel options. In Advance (left panel) see in
> the General options whether the option "Ignore other applications... (DDE)"
> is selected. If so, unselect it!
>
> That's it!
>
> Now you can open any Excel file just clicking on it!
>
> MAB.
>
> "tkc" wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same problem. My excel program came preloaded on my Dell
> > computer. I worked online 45 minutes today with a Dell tech, they can't
> > solve the problem either. I can open about 50% of my spreadsheets, but the
> > rest say "corrupt". The tech suggested possibly copying the sheets to a scan
> > disk and opening them on another computer. I haven't tried that yet, however
> > it doesn't sound to promising. Still searching for a solution
> >
> > "MAB" wrote:
> >
> > > Running Office 2007 on Windows Vista for a long time, no problem. Today, out
> > > of the suddenly, Excel files stopped being open when I double-click the file.
> > > I can only open Excel file from whithin Excel program using the option
> > > "Open". Already repaired Office, unistalled and reinstalled Excel 2007!
> > > Nothing has worked... Still the error message:
> > >
> > > Windows cannot find
> > > 'C:\file path...\file name.xlsx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and
> > > then try again.
> > >
> > > Any clue?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > MAB.

[JayHatield]

MAB - Well done. Great answer. Worked for me today too.