Microsoft KB Archive/823026

= &quot;Unable to read file&quot; error message when you open a workbook and try to update links in Excel 2002 =

Article ID: 823026

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you open a workbook in Microsoft Excel 2002 that contains links to other Excel workbooks, you may receive the following error message when you click Update to update the links in the workbook:

Unable to read file.

After you save the file as an HTML file and reload it into Excel, the error message no longer appears, but the links do not update.

For additional information about a similar problem, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

812384 XL2002: &quot;Unable to Read File&quot; Error Message When You Open a Workbook



Service Pack Information
This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack

Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing to further ensure product quality. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time     Size      File name ---  20-Jun-2003  13:26  16,571,188  Excelff.msp 20-Jun-2003 12:07   4,621,568  Excelop.msp After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:  Date        Time   Version        Size      File name 19-Jun-2003 16:58  10.0.5417.0   9,177,656  Excel.exe

This fix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2) fix. To install the fix, you must have Office XP SP-2 installed. For additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

325671 OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2

Additionally, you may have to install Windows Installer 2.0 to install this fix. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement for post-Office XP SP-2 fixes, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330537 OFFXP: Office XP Updates and Patches Released After September 2002 May Require Windows Installer 2.0



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: OfficeQFE 8527 FIX

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbofficexppresp3fix kbopenfile kbxlslink kbhotfixserver KB823026

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