Those instructions include 2002, 2003 and 2007 and are one of a couple of
standard fixes for the "file not found" message.
I prefer to leave the registry alone and change the command line in Tools>Folder
Options>File Types or just re-register Excel.
Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar
1) Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK.
2) Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.
See the space between exe and /regserver
You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.
In that case Start>Run "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.
But......the pathname in a cell is strange behaviour no matter how you open a
workbook.
Gord
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:37:00 -0700, Rogers & Company
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I followed these instructions from microsoft (which do not seem exclusive to
>Excel 2007). Once I did this, everyting worked, except I got the pasting
>problem when opening new files. It could this did not cause the problem, but
>it's the only thing it happened after applying this fix. Could be it existed
>already but I couldn't see it...after all, I wasn't able to open existing
>excel files until I did this fix.
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/207574
>
>
>"Gord Dibben" wrote:
>
>> I don't have Excel 2007 so cannot test.
>>
>> Perhaps one of the 2007 users will jump in.
>>
>> Exactly where did you make the Registry change upon advice from where?
>>
>>
>> Gord
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:19:01 -0700, Rogers & Company
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >Yes, it paste the path in the cell of the current open Excel workbook. The
>> >cell I was last in.
>> >
>> >I'll be in the workbook. If I go to "file, open.." it will open the other
>> >excel workbook, but if I open it through explorer (as I usually do), it will
>> >paste the path to the cell in teh worksheet.
>> >
>> >This is Office/Excel 2007, and only started happening after I made a change
>> >in the registry by adding some sort of "%1". That solved all sorts of excel
>> >problems
>> >(like not opening at all, error messages, etc.), and now it works fine -
>> >except this one issue.
>> >
>> >"Gord Dibben" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Where does it paste the path?
>> >>
>> >> In a cell or?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:41:01 -0700, Rogers & Company
>> >> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I can open an existing excel file with no problem. However, if I try to
>> >> >open another excel file while that first is still open, the first excel file
>> >> >ends up "pasting" some type of link to the file I tried to open into a cell.
>> >> > Not a true
>> >> >link, but it pastes the path (C:\mydocuments...etc.). In other words, I
>> >> >cannot open more than one excel document at a time.
>> >> >
>> >> >Any help?
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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