This suddenly occurred to me, when I tried to open a .doc file (office 2000) it fails to load and an error msg says:

The file cannot be found
Try one or more of the following:
*check the spelling of the name of the document
*Try a different name

Its bizzare since I nvr changed names for this file, and I nvr had this problem before, it can be opened fine just yesterday and the day before...
o.0


Computer pros plz help, thnx so much!

How are you trying to open it? From the Open File dialogue (where you navigate the folder tree to get to it), or the Recently Used file list?

I have run into problems where I moved things from one directory to another, which broke the file list. But navigating to the file, or double-clicking on it in Explorer, should open that particular file up.

If it doesn't, I'd start looking for spyware or malware, and then determine if I need to reinstall Office or not.

I tried all the different possible ways of opening it, no dice [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I haven't move that file since forever...o.0
And I use Adaware daily to check for spy.

There is a virous running through the internet that will go into your files and randomly delete .doc files as well as .dll files.
you need to put your office 2000 disk in and reload or repair in order to reinstall your .doc file and then it should fix your problem.

Once the virous does its damage it deletes itself. it is said that it comes in with porno popups and other useless popups. it slides right past anti-virous programs because it only hits one file and is deleted itself.

<span style="color: lightblue">Try opening it in notepad. If it opens, and you get alot of gibberish like this:

<span style="color: lightblue">Spread over several thousand lines, it's a problem with office, reinstall or get Open Office. If not, something very wierd is going on.

[ 04-19-2004, 08:51 PM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

<font color=skyblue>Once, I had a dll file go bad. I found the file in the system, but the machine was not picking it up. With some advice from someone on this forum, I deleted that corrupt file, typed in the name of the file on a google search, and actually downloaded the replacement! I just put it in the same location as the one I had just deleted.</font>