Microsoft KB Archive/312265

= MacXLX: Error Message When You Insert File into Excel X: The File Could Not Be Accessed =

Article ID: 312265

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel X for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q312265



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to insert a file into Microsoft Excel X for Mac, you may receive one or more of the following error messages:

The file could not be accessed.

An unexpected error has occurred.

AutoRecover has been disabled for this session of Excel.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if both of the following conditions are true:
 * The file that you want to insert is located on a network file server.

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 * The full path to the file that you want to insert is very long.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, reduce the length of the path by shortening the folder names or by changing the location of the file that you want to insert before you insert the file into Excel X. For example, copy the file from the nested network location to a local drive before you insert it.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: mac XLXKB XLX err msg network insert open location deep path excel

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB312265

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