Error: Cannot find <path>\File.xls (opening Excel file due to long filename).
Error:
Cannot find <path>\File.xls.
Cause:
This error occurs when opening a long filename that has no association in an Office 95 program. This occurs with both Word and Excel. Setup does not modify the Registry correctly for Excel 7.0 or Word 7.0. Microsoft Corporation has confirmed this to be a problem in Excel 7.0 and Word 7.0.
Solution:
Edit the action in the 'File Types' properties sheet for the Microsoft Excel Worksheet to read: C:\MSOffice\Excel\excel.exe '%1'.
1) Open 'My Computer' on the Windows 95 desktop.
2) Select the 'View' menu and select 'Options...'.
3) Click the 'File Types' tab.
4) Select 'Microsoft Excel Worksheet' from the 'Registered File Types' list.
Registered File Types
5) Click 'Edit...'.
6) Select 'Open' from the 'Actions' list box.
Open in Actions list
7) Click 'Edit...'.
8) Type the following after the 'C:\MSOffice\Excel\excel.exe' line in the 'Application Used to Perform Action' box:
<double quote>%1<double quote>
NOTE 1: Make sure there is a space before the first double quotation mark.
NOTE 2: The statement will now look like this:
C:\MSOffice\Excel\excel.exe <double quote>%1<double quote>
Editing Action for Type
9) Click 'OK'.
10) Click 'Close'.
11) Click 'Apply'.
