"The system cannot find the file specified"

[Gill W]

I have an important spreadsheet to send as an email attachment, but every
time I try I get the message
"The system cannot find the file specified"
yet I can open it without any problems in Excel 2000 (Windows XP). Iv'e been
trying thisfor several days, the PC has been rebooted a number of times and
I've cleared out temp. files. I've saved it to other folders, even onto a
disk or a portable USB drive.I've also copied the cells into a new file
several times - all without success.

Any ideas what has gone wrong please? Is there any way other than starting
again from scratch.
All contributions would be most welcome.
--
Gill W


Life is not a rehearsal.
Take time out to smell the flowers & enjoy the sunset.

 

[Dave Peterson]

First, if you save the attachment, you should be able to open that normally.
(yeah, it's an extra step.)

But sometimes one of these works when the problem is caused by double clicking
on the file in windows explorer. Maybe it'll work with your email program
problem, too.


Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

 

[Gill W]

Thank you I'll try those things. Meanwhile I've "cheated" by putting it on
disk and sending it form another PC! - It worked fine from there, so I may
have a corrupted Excel on the original PC....
...still checking....