Microsoft KB Archive/134867

= "Cannot Find File" When Object Clicked to Run Interactively =

Article ID: 134867

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q134867



SYMPTOMS
When you click a drawn object or imported graphic during a slide show to run it, you may get the following error message:

(application) cannot find the file (c:\(path)\(filename.xxx)



CAUSE
With some computers, long filenames can cause this problem. When you configured the object's interactive settings, you may have specified the location of this program with long filenames.



RESOLUTION
If you encounter this problem, you can do one of the following:  Select the object and click Interactive Settings on the Tools menu. In the Run Program box, change the path so that it uses the MS-DOS short filenames. For example:

c:\office\winword\winword.exe c:\mydocu~1\docume~1.doc

Or, enclose the path that includes long filenames in quotation marks. For example:

c:\office\winword\winword.exe "c:\my documents\document.doc"





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

Additional query words: 7.00 ppt95 Powerpnt Interactive settings Long file names

Keywords: kbinterop kbprb KB134867

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