Moved files and can't find them

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I moved all of my related 2006 files/folders to a single folder "2006". Now
when I go into this "2006" folder that has all of my work for last year I get
an error message saying that they can't be found because they were moved.
Can I get these missing files back.
 
I did as you suggested and again I found the file but when I tried to open it
"could not be found" and asking if the file was moved. I moved all these
files by creating a new folder and just moving them into the new folder with
my cursor.
 
Open Excel and a good workbook.

Go to Tools>Options>General and uncheck "Ignore other applications"

Try again opening from your 2006 folder.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
Hi Gord, did as you suggested. The "Ignore other applications" was already
without a check in the box. Any other suggestions.
 
What happens if you try to open the file through file>open?

Close excel and in windows click the start button lower left corner

start>run, then type excel.exe /unregserver

then do start>run again and type excel.exe /regserver




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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom
 
Hi Peo: I closed Excel, and did start then run and typed in
excel.exe/unregserver. When I clicked on "ok" I got the following message:
"windows cannot find excel.exe/unregserver" Now what?
 
Hi Dave, I did the following: excel.exe /unregserver.
When I clicked on ok the Run Window disappeared.
When I clicked on Browse I got the following:
HP Administrator
Desktop
Favourites
My Documents
Start Menu
WINDOWS

I looked in all of these but not sure what to look for. Do you have any
other suggestions?
 
Running that command from the Windows Start button|Run dialog will start excel,
reset the registry and close excel--it'll be pretty much transparent to
you--except for a slight delay while all this runs.

(I would have guessed that you would have seen this added to the list of
commands to that Run dialog. But that's not important now.)

The next thing to try is double clicking on a filename that failed before.
 
Hi Dave, I did what Peo said in the earlier entry. And you can see by my
answer what happened. I am not an expert on computers. So I need clear
basic instructions. Thanks for you help
 
It may be worth trying Peo's suggestion once more.

I don't think I could make those instructions much more clear. Is there
something that you didn't understand?

Hi Dave, I did what Peo said in the earlier entry. And you can see by my
answer what happened. I am not an expert on computers. So I need clear
basic instructions. Thanks for you help
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Irene

What I don't understand is why you hit a "browse" button.

Which one and from where?

If you followed Peo's instructions and made sure you had the space between
excel.exe and /regserver you should get Windows Installer come up and re-install
Excel.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Hi Dave, I did what Peo said in the earlier entry. And you can see by my
answer what happened. I am not an expert on computers. So I need clear
basic instructions. Thanks for you help
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Hi, I did what you and Peo suggested: excel.exe space /unregserver then
clicked on ok. The "run" window disappeared and I returned to my desktop.
The reason I clicked on the browse button the last time was to see what would
happen since nothing happened when I click on the ok button.
 
The browse button allows you to choose a program to run instead of typing in
what you want.

And remember to do the second part of Peo's instruction, too.
Hi, I did what you and Peo suggested: excel.exe space /unregserver then
clicked on ok. The "run" window disappeared and I returned to my desktop.
The reason I clicked on the browse button the last time was to see what would
happen since nothing happened when I click on the ok button.
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I did the unregserver and then the regserver. I got message saying "A
required installation file SKU112.CAB could not be found" and "Original
Installation Required - Browse to installation source on your network. Once
you have located your installation source, click OK" (I downloaded Excel
2003 over internet) After I click browse I get My Computer, HP_ PAVILION etc
right down to Recycle Bin. Where exactly would I find the "Installation
Source"?
 
Where did you download excel from? It should be in the same place.

If you're at work and the installation files are on a network server (intranet,
not internet), then you may want to get your IT folks involved.

I'm not aware of any location that allows you to download a legal copy of excel
(except for trial versions).
 
When I bought my computer I had a 60 trial of Excel 2003 then I bought it and
it was downloaded through Microsoft via my computer. To date I have done the
following: Run: excel.exe /unregserver then Run: excel.exe regserver
This took me to "A required installation file SKU112.CAB
could not
be found"
Then I went to Start, clicked on Excel and got Windows
Installer when took me back to file SKU112.CAB not found. I then went into
add/remove programs to see if Excel was there and it was, I went into that
and got a message saying "Installation Source cannot be found"
As of now I can't open a new Excel worksheet or get into any of my Excel
files, including the ones I moved. What is going on, does anyone know how to
fix this??
 
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