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excel file opening problem

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by mgopalak

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When I try to open any Excel File (Office 2003), I get the following message. I uninstalled the Office 2003 and reinstalled it. Even then the same problem is occurring. The word and Power point docs are opening correctly. I also used the ?Always open with? process for the excel file. Even then the problem is repeating. Please advise.

?Windows cannot find. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. ?

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by seanferd

"Windows cannot find. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."

For which the quotes were replaced by question marks (and followed at a distance, I guess).

Usually when I see "cannot find" with nothing after it, it means no filename was entered.

Edit: From this I can't tell if Windows is looking for the document file, or executable file. Mentioning the file association makes me think that is corrupted, or there is a permissions problem. Or malware causing such. "Make sure you typed the filename correctly" makes me think something is missing in a text entry box for the doc name or path. Invalid characters?

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