Microsoft KB Archive/81836

= PUB: File Link Error Message When Opening Publisher Document =

Article ID: 81836

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Publisher 1.0a
 * Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2.0a
 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q81836



SYMPTOMS
The following error messages may occur when you open a Publisher document that contains a linked object:

Publisher 3.0 and 97
When you open the document:

Cannot update object - Windows may be low on memory or disk space, or an object may not be correctly registered.

When you click on the object:

File link error. This publication contains information that is linked to another file, but Publisher cannot find that file. You may have deleted or moved the file or the program you created it in. For information on linked files, press F1 now.

Publisher 1.0, 2.0
FILE LINK ERROR

This publication contains information that is linked to another file,

but Publisher cannot find that file. You may have deleted or moved the

file or the application you created it in. Press F1 for more

information on linked files.

UNABLE TO OPEN SERVER APPLICATION

Publisher is unable to open the application needed to complete this

task. You may be low on memory. Save your work and close any other

applications to free up memory, then try again. If you've already

done this, then the application may not be accessible. Press F1 now

if you want more information.



CAUSE
The path in the Win.ini file or Windows 95 Registry to the server application is incorrect.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



Publisher 3.0 and 97
Reinstall the server application to rewrite the registry entries.

Publisher 1.0, 2.0
If selecting a linked object produces one of the messages above in Publisher 2.0 with Windows 3.1 or Publisher 2.0 with Windows 95, perform the following steps:  Open the Win.ini file in Notepad. Locate the [Embedding] section. In the [Embedding] section, locate the server application statement, and modify it to include the full path to the executable. Note the following example for a correct entry for Microsoft Excel 3.0. Note the path to the executable.

ExcelWorksheet=Worksheet created by Microsoft Excel,Microsoft Excel Worksheet,C:\Excel\Excel.exe, picture

 Save the Win.ini file and exit Windows. Restart Windows. Start Microsoft Publisher.</li> Open the publication containing the linked objects. Upon opening the publication, you will receive the following error message:

&quot;Update references to unopened document?&quot;

This message may be overlayed with another message:

Server Busy: Application for object is busy Press &quot;Retry&quot; to try again or &quot;Switch&quot; to go to the application using the task list.

The &quot;Update&quot; reference message still appears behind the &quot;Server Busy&quot; message. Choose the Update message to bring it forward. Choose OK to update. Wait. Once the update is complete, the Server Busy message disappears.</li></ol>

Additional query words: 1.00 1.00a 2.00 2.00a pub10 pub20 win31 win30 err msg mspuberror message pub97

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb KB81836

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