In the right pain, I see (when doubling clicking on the .xls folder in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT) I didn't change a thing, just looked. Name Data (default) "Excel.Sheet.8" Content Type "application/x-msexcel" Linda said: I'm not 100% sure, but I believe this is a registry error....go to this registry key and tell me exactly what you see in the right pane when you doubleclick on the .xls folder: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xls DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING...just tell me what's there...however, I'm heading off to teach a class tonite, so I won't be able to reply to this til a lot later.....maybe someone else has a clue tho And, no, sorry, there is no way to reply from the freelists web page...you have to copy/paste the way you have been doing Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop www.personal-computer-tutor.com Author/Teacher ~ MS Office EBooks/Classes www.personal-computer-tutor.com/services.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peoria Adult Ed Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:35 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: cannot find file error in Excel (looking for component?) Thanks for replying, Linda. From the CD, Access files, Word files & PowerPoint files open just fine. The Excel files don't, so I tend to think it's an Excel issue versus a CD drive or disk issue. Copying the Excel files to the hard drive and opening from the hard drive using Windows Explorer also brings up the error message. The CD drive I'm using is the E: drive. (Again, opening Excel first lets me open the files on the CD - I prefer to open from Windows Explorer, if possible, and that way worked just fine before yesterday.) When trying to open Excel files from Windows Explorer via CD or hard drive, the Excel program opens, then the error message presents itself. PS Is there a way to reply via the freelists.org site? I don't see a way, hence I'm copying info and pasting into a new email message. ===== Peoria Adult Education and Family Literacy Center 839 West Moss Avenue Peoria, Illinois 61606 309-672-6702 peoriaadulted@xxxxxxxxx http://peoria.k12.il.us/pace __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! You are receiving this mail because you either subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or to it's earlier version, MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso *************************************************************