That's not the part I was looking for, Wilson...and that's not the part that was different I think it's in the edit part of folder options>file types....if I remember correctly from my troubleshooting days, it's that % that's missing and therefore causes Windows to be unable to open these excel files....but I don't have that in Windows XP so I can't check mine Peoria.....if my memory serves me right.....it's something to do with spaces in names....so, try removing all the spaces in the names of the files and folders in the path to that file and see if it opens then....if it does, then the problem is in the Files Types place I told you to look before 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 Wilson Baptista Junior Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:48 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: cannot find file error in Excel (looking for component?) Hi Linda, that's the same key on my Excel 2K under Win98SE. AFAIK, "Excel.Sheet.8" means she's running Excel 8 (Office 2000). The problem must be somewhere else. Wilson At 17:00 08/05/02 -0400, Linda Johnson wrote >Ok...mine looks way different than that but I'm running Windows XP and >Office XP and this could be why....let us know what version of Windows >and Office you are running and someone else in here can see if there's >says the same thing (...) ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************