Sound like the file is corrupt.
Try this link for Works 'Recovery software.
http://www.downloadjunction.com/prod...729/index.html
Bob
"LAIRDY14" <LAIRDY14@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a microsoft works spreadsheet that I've used for a long time but
>seems
> to have been corrupted. When I try to open it I get a message "cannot
> find
> the document ......xlr check the drive and directory" When I then do a
> search in the C drive I can find the document but when I try to open it I
> get
> a message "windows is searching for ....xlr. To locate it yourself click
> browse" this message then changes to "the item that ......xlr that this
> shortcut refers to has been changed or moved so this shortcut will no
> longer
> work properly"
>
> When I try to manually locate it from the shortcut it states I still can't
> find it. Any help would be much appreciated.
>