'F:\Program.xls’ could not be found

[InTheNorth]

When an .xls file is double clicked, Excel opens with the following error message:

'F:\Program.xls’ could not be found. Check the spelling of the file name, and verify that the file location is correct.
If you are trying to open the file from your list of most recently used files on the File menu, make sure that the file has not been renamed, moved, or deleted.

When the dialog box is clicked, another error message is displayed with the same words, but with the file name 'microsoft.xls'.

I have tried un-registering and re-registering Excel, and uninstalling and re-installing all of Office 2003.

KB 177248 refers to this problem and suggests:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Open the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open\command
4. In the right pane, click (Default).
5. On the Edit menu, click Modify.
6. Remove the %1 from the end of the Value data string so that the data string reads as follows:
"C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\EXCEL.EXE" /e (including the quotation marks)
7. Click OK, and then close Registry Editor.

Neither does this work.

Any suggestions would be most welcome as I am out of ideas.

Mel Orecklin, P.Eng., MBA, CAFM

 

[EzE]

I know this is an old post, but I just had the same problem and may have found a solution. I changed the filename to 2-3 letters (rather than the description it was previously), and the file would open once again. I expect that once your file path+file name get too long that's when the issues begin.

 

[nican]

I noticed that quoting the %1 parameter helped me. ie %1 to "%1"
(my computer\tools\folder options\file types)
(select xls extention)
(advanced) or (restore\advanced)
(application used to perform action:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12\EXCEL.EXE" /e "%1")
note the %1 at the end is now "quoted".

others options, not tesed
- disable the DDE option
- delete the /e