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| Guest | Vista can't find file Trying to open a Word file, get message "Windows can't find so-and-so file". Similarly, trying to open it programmatically in Excel VBA, I get the same message. But if I right-click and select "Open with" and pick Microsoft Windows, it works. Can someone help me? Thank you |
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| Guest | Re: Vista can't find file This is a major problem to me that vista cannot find files that are there I believe it is surching only indexed files and you doc is not in the index try clicking the serch all locations and subdirectories. -- Daniel Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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| Guest | Re: Vista can't find file Thanks for the response. I tried your suggestion and it had no problem finding the file even without "search all locations". Furthermore I moved the file all over the place to other folders, including the root folder on the system hard disk, and came up with the same results. Unfortunately I need to open it from a VBA program. "Daniel" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Vista can't find file Further to this problem: it only happens with .docx files, not with .doc files. I think it is a serious problem. How can I get Microsoft to look into it? "FR" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Vista can't find file FR, What VBA program are you using? Is this something you created? -- All the best, SG Is your computer system ready for Vista? https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/ Want to keep up with the latest news from MS? http://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn&ned=us&topic=t Just type in Microsoft "FR" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2BD5D1B7-18F8-4B23-872F-886FF9ECA20A@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: Vista can't find file SG My VBA code is in an Excel .xlsm file trying to open an empty Word file as a template. But as I said at the start of this thread I can't open any .docx file even by clicking on it in any folder, from desktop to hard disk root folder. I can work around it by using .doc in the code and using Open With... manually, but it seems to me it is a serious problem. Grateful for any help, FR "SG" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Vista can't find file Sounds like the Office 2007 file format registration got corrupted somehow. I would suggest running the "Repair" function on the Office 2007 installer. Hope this helps, Justin "FR" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Vista can't find file FR, You can try what Justin suggest and do a repair on Office, however I've read some have had success with this and some not. You might also try clicking "Start_Default Programs_Associate a file type or protocol with a program" and see if that will work. -- All the best, SG Is your computer system ready for Vista? https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/ Want to keep up with the latest news from MS? http://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn&ned=us&topic=t Just type in Microsoft "FR" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ED38A9D0-B87C-42FC-A660-6037978137BE@xxxxxx
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