(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:58 am
Post subject: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it Archived from groups: microsoft>public>word>newusers (more info?)
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?
(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:35 am
Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Are you sure it's a file and not just a link to a file that's no longer
there?
"Itinerantscholar" <Itinerantscholar.TakeThisOut@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?
(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:45 pm
Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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.TakeThisOut@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?
(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:46 pm
Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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.RemoveThis@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?
>
(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:40 pm
Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin.
Terry
"Itinerantscholar" <Itinerantscholar RemoveThis @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 RemoveThis @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?
>>
(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:32 am
Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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:
> Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin.
>
> Terry
>
> "Itinerantscholar" <Itinerantscholar DeleteThis @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 DeleteThis @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?
> >>
>
(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:45 am
Post subject: Re: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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:
> Open NAV and under options deselect the Office Plugin.
>
> Terry
>
> "Itinerantscholar" <Itinerantscholar.DeleteThis@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.DeleteThis@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?
> >>
>
(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:10 am
Post subject: RE: Word "cannot find" a file even though I am clicking on it [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Itinerantscholar" wrote:
> 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?
In Word 2007 - this seems to be the way it tells me that the file is in use
by someone else.
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