Microsoft KB Archive/143300

= WD6X: Err Msg: "The File Could Not Be Found" When Inserting File =

Article ID: 143300

Article Last Modified on 8/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q143300



SYMPTOMS
When you click File on the Insert menu and then select a document on the hard disk, the following error message appears:

The file could not be found.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the hard disk name begins with a space, or when the file name ends with a space.



Hard Disk Name Starts with a Space
If the hard disk name starts with a space, rename the hard disk. (Hard disk names don't usually begin with a space; if the hard disk is named this way, the space was probably added by accident.)

After you remove the space from the hard disk name, if any programs don't run, you must reinstall them. These programs may have been installed after the hard disk's name acquired the space at the beginning, and the registration database contains incorrect information about them.

If you completely rename the hard disk, you may need to rebuild the desktop in addition to removing and then reinstalling programs.

File Name Ends with a Space
If the file name ends with a space, rename the file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: hard drive

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB143300

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