Cannot access some excel files

[faizmuhsin]

I recently installed excel 2008, i had the 2004 version running on my computer, now some documents open and some do not i get an error message saying "file.xls cannot be accessed the file may be read only or stored on an unresponding server " but other documents open
any help would be appreciated

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I recently installed excel 2008, i had the 2004 version running on my
computer, now some documents open and some do not i get an error message
saying "file.xls cannot be accessed the file may be read only or stored on an
unresponding server " but other documents open <br>
any help would be appreciated

Where are these documents stored (e.g., local machine, network server)?

Any discernible pattern between the some that open and some that don't?

If you still have XL04 on your machine (XL04 and XL08 play fine
together), can you still open them in XL08?

 

[ryantdevine]

I recently installed excel 2008, i had the 2004 version running on my computer, now some documents open and some do not i get an error message saying "file.xls cannot be accessed the file may be read only or stored on an unresponding server " but other documents open
any help would be appreciated

i'm having the exact same problem. have you found any solutions?

also are the documents that you cannot open only located on share
points or are they on the local machine. My problem is that i am only
having problems with those located on shares.

 

[ryantdevine]

i'm having the exact same problem.  have you found any solutions?

also are the documents that you cannot open only located on share
points or are they on the local machine.  My problem is that i am only
having problems with those located on shares.

i fixed it. i just trashed all of the preferences for microsoft in
USER/Library/Preferences and restarted office and it worked!

 

[Richard.Todd08]

i fixed it. i just trashed all of the preferences for microsoft in
USER/Library/Preferences and restarted office and it worked!

Hi
I too have this problem. I have trashed preference files as suggested
but no change, did you do anything else as well?

 

[supersoul76]

Hi
I too have this problem. I have trashed preference files as suggested
but no change, did you do anything else as well?

It works for me.

Try this:
1. Quit all your Office application first.
2. Trash com.microsoft.office.plist & com.microsoft.Excel.plist in /
Users/"User Name"/Library/Preferences/

 

[supersoul76]

Hi
I too have this problem. I have trashed preference files as suggested
but no change, did you do anything else as well?

Try changing the Volume name of your drive where the file resides.

 

[user]

I have the same issue with excel files file sharing from a machine running 2008 to another machine with 2008

 

[CP Koelling]

I am having the same problem accessing files on a remote server. The files on the drive on my computer work fine, but I get that $#%& error message whenever I try to open a file on the server, or when I try to save a file on the server. This problem appears to be limited to Excel. And, by the way, the Mac app Numbers opens the files fine.