excel error

[Sanch]

My laptop came with a trail copy of Office 2003. When it expired I purchased
the full version of Office 2007 (mistake-the toolbar is a nightmare). When I
uninstalled office 2003 from the computer I began receiving file errors in
Excel. If I select a file created in 2003 or 2007 the computer says it cannot
find the file I just selected. I can however, open Excel and select open and
choose the file and the file opens fine. Is there anyway to fix this, it is
annoying.

SS

 

[ShaneDevenshire]

Hi,

Did you uninstall 2003 after you installed 2007?

If so I would suggest uninstalling 2007 and reinstalling it.

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi Sanch,

If I select a file created in 2003 or 2007 the computer says it cannot
find the file I just selected. I can however, open Excel and select open and
choose the file and the file opens fine. Is there anyway to fix this, it is
annoying.

Two options:

1. Ignore other applications is set (Tools, options general in Excel 2003)

2. A registry setting is wrong:

How to reinstate Excel's ability to open files with spaces
in their name/path by double clicking:

1. Have Excel correct it

1. Choose start (Start button), Run, type:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\EXCEL.EXE" /Regserver
2. Click OK

2. Do it yourself

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Choose from its menu: View, Options. (or View / Folder Options in Windows
98)
3. Select the File Types tab
4. Scroll to Microsoft Excel Worksheet
5. Click Edit
6. Select the OPEN entry (it should be highlighted (bolded)
7. Click Edit and check that the fields are set as follows:
a) Application used: should be EXCEL.EXE, loaded from the correct directory
b) Use DDE should be checked
c) The DDE message should be (exactly): [Open("%1")]
d) Application should be: excel
e) DDE Application not running should be empty
f) Topic should be: system
8. Click OK
9. Click Close
10. If you wish to double-click other Excel file types, e.g. template
(xlt) or workspace (xlw), select the appropriate type in the File Types
tab and repeat from step (5)

For the XLVIEWER:

- Use DDE turned OFF
- Command line: "c:\program files\xlview\xlview.exe" "%1"

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com
Member of:
Professional Office Developer Association
www.proofficedev.com

 

[Michael Doncaster]

My laptop came with a trail copy of Office 2003. When it expired I
purchased
the full version of Office 2007 (mistake-the toolbar is a nightmare). When
I
uninstalled office 2003 from the computer I began receiving file errors
in
Excel. If I select a file created in 2003 or 2007 the computer says it
cannot
find the file I just selected. I can however, open Excel and select open
and
choose the file and the file opens fine. Is there anyway to fix this, it
is
annoying.

SS

I totally agree, the Office 2007 ribbon is terrible.
I hear also that the next version of Windows is going to use the ribbons
style

I will now continue using Office 2003 for the forseeable future.

My laptop came with Vista Home premium installed, I wiped after an initial
play and installed XP Pro.

Michael