http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Problems opening files en Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-25521 Wed, 21 May 2008 03:42:11 +0000 nekizalb 25521@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>K, well I've stopped having the problem in firefox, so it's just back to office issues. I'm not sure why it started working in ff, but it did. i've run the office repair tool, and it didn't help. I also tried resetting the file type associations, and it didn't help either. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-24496 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:09:03 +0000 MichaelF 24496@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I've tried it in Internet Explorer and it still will not open. Is this a Vista problem? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-24492 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:03:04 +0000 Lighthouse 24492@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Any web browser </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-24489 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:59:17 +0000 MichaelF 24489@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>What association do I need to set for a .asp file? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-24415 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:20:19 +0000 ScottW 24415@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Lighthouse, good catch. If HTML files launched with Firefox present the same problem, this is probably more widespread than just MS Office. The other good thing about Firefox is it's easy to test from the command line. I ran this command on my system:<br /> <code><br /> D:\Web Pages&gt;"D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox" "Kaspersky Online Scan.html"<br /> </code></p> <p>And it launched the HTML document in Firefox, no problem. If this works for the OP, we are back to a problem with file type associations or object linking (DDE, OLE, COM, ???) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-24412 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:43:01 +0000 Lighthouse 24412@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@ScottW. I was thinking this was an Office problem, but as it also happens with nekizalbs' Firefox, um? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-24411 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:29:55 +0000 ScottW 24411@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Sorry, my bad. That other thread I linked to is in the XP forum and this is the Vista forum. Default programs and file type associations are available separately in Control Panel -&gt; (Programs) -&gt; Default Programs. Under "Associate a file type or protocol with a program", you can check to see if a given extension, e.g. .docx, is assigned to the correct application. Unfortunately, there is no Advanced button here at least not on my system. Also, your associations seem to be working. Under "Set Your Default Programs", if MS Office appears on the list, you can select "Set this program as default" to reset all the associations which might fix your problem.</p> <p>If that doesn't help, then I will need help, too. I have very little experience with Office so I'm not an expert there. What about the "Office Diagnostics" tool -- has that ever helped anybody? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-24400 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:19:32 +0000 nekizalb 24400@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Also, I tried to follow the steps in the thread you linked, and i don't have a file types tab in my folder options dialog box. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-24399 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:12:53 +0000 nekizalb 24399@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I've had issues with several different extensions. docx, doc, html, xls, xlsx, dwg </p> <p>When i double-click the file, the correct program launches. That isn't the issue. After the program launches, it gives me the error in the picture i linked above. Once the program is launched, I can go to the appropriate Open File dialog box and get the file open just fine. It's just a hassle to have to do that after i double-click the file. </p> <p>Example- I double-click signin.docx, word 2007 launches, word says file cannot be found, i open Open File dialog box, i navigate to signin.docx, i double-click the file from open file dialog box, file opens fine.</p> <p>Thanks for any help. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-22313 Fri, 02 May 2008 07:36:17 +0000 ScottW 22313@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>nekizalb, I have a gut feeling that the problem you are seeing is similar to one solved recently on this forum. See the following discussion:<br /> <a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/double-click-filename-from-explorer-truncates-to-filenaext#post-21357'>http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/double-click-filename-from-explorer-truncates-to-filenaext#post-21357</a></p> <p>Check your file type associations, "open" action for .docx and any other misbehaving Office extensions. If they appear in a similar format as in the previous thread, try adding the quotes as described by jd2066. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-22296 Fri, 02 May 2008 02:59:32 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 22296@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>what files extentions are you trying to use ex. (.doc .docx) this will help us figure this out faster </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-22294 Fri, 02 May 2008 02:56:10 +0000 nekizalb 22294@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Can anyone else help me out here? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-21846 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:49:45 +0000 nekizalb 21846@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>The program is launching succesfully. it just wont open the file. i have to go to the office button -&gt; open and navigate to the file from within the program. Not time efficient at all.</p> <p>Here's a pic of the error i'm getting</p> <p><a href='http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/nekizalb0611/error.jpg'>http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/nekizalb0611/error.jpg</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-21792 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:56:21 +0000 whs 21792@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I would check the filetype associations. E.g. is .docx associated with Word, etc. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-opening-files#post-21786 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:14:03 +0000 nekizalb 21786@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Anytime i open a file that opens in office 2007 by double-clicking it, the program launches, then i get an error that says "&lt;insert program name here&gt; cannot find the specified file. Please check the path and try again."</p> <p>I've also gotten it in firefox.</p> <p>Vista Business SP1<br /> Office 07 Small Business Edition </p>