Opening Word 2007 files in Vista

Hi there

I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a definitive
answer.

When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista service
pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in various threads.
I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works. I cannot even open Word
on a blank document, which many still seem able to do.

Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this is an
extremely serious problem for me!

Raymond

Hi John - thanks.

I've had a look in there, but, as I said, can't find a definitive answer.
Would you mind posting a link to the thread you have in mind?

Cheers

Raymond



> Have you tried the Word newsgroup?
>
> Word General Questions
> http://tinyurl.com/bdke4
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> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
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raymagnol wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a definitive
> answer.
>
> When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
> message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista service
> pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in various threads.
> I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works. I cannot even open Word
> on a blank document, which many still seem able to do.
>
> Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this is an
> extremely serious problem for me!
>
> Raymond
>
>
>
>

Uninstall MS 07 and install Open Office. It's free and can be downloaded
from www.openoffice.org

Or, if you just need a word processing program, check out ABIWord,
http://www.abisource.com/

Alias

Hi raymagnol,

See if this edit helps.

Error: Windows cannot find filename when opening .DOC files from Windows
Explorer:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/er...dows-explorer/

See also:

You cannot open a Word 2007 document or a Word 2003 document from Windows
Explorer, or you cannot click in the document:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950933

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"raymagnol" <> wrote in message
news:E5C54C21-BF74-4F3C-846C-...
> Hi there
>
> I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a definitive
> answer.
>
> When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
> message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista service
> pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in various threads.
> I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works. I cannot even open
> Word
> on a blank document, which many still seem able to do.
>
> Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this is
> an
> extremely serious problem for me!
>
> Raymond
>
>
>
>

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:13:00 -0700, raymagnol wrote:

> Hi there
>
> I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a
> definitive answer.
>
> When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
> message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista
> service pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in various
> threads. I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works. I cannot
> even open Word on a blank document, which many still seem able to do.
>
> Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this is
> an extremely serious problem for me!
>
> Raymond

Until you can get the problem resolved, you might be interested in trying
OpenOffice.org - it will probably do all you need. OOo imports and exports
MS Office files and is quite compatible.

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:15:52 +0000, ray wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:13:00 -0700, raymagnol wrote:
>
>> Hi there
>>
>> I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a
>> definitive answer.
>>
>> When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
>> message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista
>> service pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in various
>> threads. I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works. I cannot
>> even open Word on a blank document, which many still seem able to do.
>>
>> Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this is
>> an extremely serious problem for me!
>>
>> Raymond
>
> Until you can get the problem resolved, you might be interested in trying
> OpenOffice.org - it will probably do all you need. OOo imports and exports
> MS Office files and is quite compatible.

Plus is handles graphic more efficiently. And the upgrades are free
forever.

raymagnol wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a definitive
> answer.
>
> When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
> message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista service
> pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in various threads.
> I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works. I cannot even open Word
> on a blank document, which many still seem able to do.
>
> Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this is an
> extremely serious problem for me!
>
> Raymond
>
>
>
>

Well, I had that problem with Visual Studio 2008. It came back with it
couldn't find a folder that it needed. It gave me the location in the
message where it expected the folder to be. I created the folder in the
location VS 2008 expected it, and everything was fine after that.

Maybe, you can do the same.

Office Enterprise ????

For all Office Enterprise issues you need to contact the IT person responsible for this Volume License edition of Office. It will be most likely the person in charge of the IT department at the Company from where you purchased this edition through their Home Program.
They are the ones that can help you with the Enterprise edition of Office

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"raymagnol" <> wrote in message news:E5C54C21-BF74-4F3C-846C-...
> Hi there
>
> I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a definitive
> answer.
>
> When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
> message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista service
> pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in various threads.
> I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works. I cannot even open Word
> on a blank document, which many still seem able to do.
>
> Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this is an
> extremely serious problem for me!
>
> Raymond
>
>
>
>

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:24:48 +0000, measekite wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:15:52 +0000, ray wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:13:00 -0700, raymagnol wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a
>>> definitive answer.
>>>
>>> When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
>>> message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista
>>> service pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in
>>> various threads. I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works.
>>> I cannot even open Word on a blank document, which many still seem
>>> able to do.
>>>
>>> Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this
>>> is an extremely serious problem for me!
>>>
>>> Raymond
>>
>> Until you can get the problem resolved, you might be interested in
>> trying OpenOffice.org - it will probably do all you need. OOo imports
>> and exports MS Office files and is quite compatible.
>
> Plus is handles graphic more efficiently. And the upgrades are free
> forever.

Forever ?
You mean until the people working on it move on to paying jobs.



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TrollsBane

TrollsBane wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:24:48 +0000, measekite wrote:
>
>
>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:15:52 +0000, ray wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:13:00 -0700, raymagnol wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi there
>>>>
>>>>I've been trawling the threads on this subject but can't find a
>>>>definitive answer.
>>>>
>>>>When I try to open Word 2007 files, I get a "cannot find C:/user etc."
>>>>message. I've installed the Word 2007 service pack and the Vista
>>>>service pack, and tinkered with the registry suggestions made in
>>>>various threads. I've reinstalled Office Enterprise. Nothing works.
>>>>I cannot even open Word on a blank document, which many still seem
>>>>able to do.
>>>>
>>>>Please - can anyone direct me to the solution? I'm a writer, so this
>>>>is an extremely serious problem for me!
>>>>
>>>>Raymond
>>>
>>>Until you can get the problem resolved, you might be interested in
>>>trying OpenOffice.org - it will probably do all you need. OOo imports
>>>and exports MS Office files and is quite compatible.
>>
>>Plus is handles graphic more efficiently. And the upgrades are free
>>forever.
>
>
> Forever ?
> You mean until the people working on it move on to paying jobs.
>
>
>
Yeah or until they get sued for violating someone else IP.