Opening Office 97 files with spaces in filename fails

[Eric]

I am running Office 97 on an XP machine and get a strange
error when trying to open files with spaces in the
filename. For example double clicking on "my file.xls"
will give the error: "cannot find my.xls" and the
error "cannot find file.xls" and then, after closing
those two dialog boxes, it will correctly open "my
file.xls".

This is exactly the behavior specified in article Q216657:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;216657&Product=wrd97

But for me this happens whenever I open a Word or Excel
file and seems to have nothing to do with IE (which the
article refers to)

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Put carats around the file path - e.g., <my file.xls>

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Eric asked:

| I am running Office 97 on an XP machine and get a strange
| error when trying to open files with spaces in the
| filename. For example double clicking on "my file.xls"
| will give the error: "cannot find my.xls" and the
| error "cannot find file.xls" and then, after closing
| those two dialog boxes, it will correctly open "my
| file.xls".
|
| This is exactly the behavior specified in article Q216657:
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
| us;216657&Product=wrd97
|
| But for me this happens whenever I open a Word or Excel
| file and seems to have nothing to do with IE (which the
| article refers to)