Nothing displays when local web page opened - HELP!

[Guest]

I have a web site that has been working fine until yesterday... When I try
to open the home page from the local file all I get is the "Getting file:
///C:/<filename and path here> from server..." message - nothing ever
displays. When I preview the page in the browser it looks fine. I have
tried reinstalling FP2003 - no effect... Another oddity that may help - when
I try to open other .htm pages that are part of that same web site locally
the page opens but graphics don't display (just the empty box placeholder).
Any ideas?

 

[Steve Easton]

You have been creating / editing pages without first opening the web.
You *must* open FrontPage and then click File > Open Web ( Open Site in FP 2003 ) and then create
new pages or open old pages to edit.

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[Guest]

I tried what you suggest: File -> Open Site
No individual files show up in the dialog box - just the subfolders that
exist in that directory. What is the extension for a Site? I hit enter
anyway and the list of files in that directoy came up, but when I tried to
open the home page (main.htm in this case) I got the same results - both
frames empty (the website uses frames) and just the "Getting file..." message
in both frames.

Something else that's odd that may help - if I completely shut down windows,
the next time I try this the files are displayed when I start Front Page 2003
(since it was the last web site open) and when I open main.htm it opens
correctly. If I close FP2003 at that point and then start it again, I get no
files displayed (like the web site isn't open) and when I open the web site
and try to open main.htm I get nothing but the "Getting file..." messages...

The only thing I can think of that I did on the system near when this
started was to install and then remove an HP 2100 printer driver (which took
a loooooooong time for some reason). I thought it may have wacked some files
that FP uses, but since I have reinstalled FP since then and still have the
problem it seems unlikely.

Thanks for helping...