Microsoft KB Archive/298005

= OFFXP: Error Message: Cannot Open Specified File =

Article ID: 298005

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q298005



For a Microsoft Office 2000 version of this article, see 224109.



ERROR MESSAGE
When you click a hyperlink in a Microsoft Office document, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot open specified file.



Hyperlink Worksheet Function
If this error message appears when you click a hyperlink that is created by using the Excel Hyperlink worksheet function, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for steps to solve your problem.

211503 XL2000: &quot;Cannot Open Specified File&quot; Clicking Hyperlink

File Name Contains # Symbol
If this error message appears when you click a hyperlink, and the target file name contains a pound symbol (#), please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for steps to solve your problem.

202261 You cannot use a pound character in a file name for a hyperlink in an Office program

Additional query words: OFFXP

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB298005

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