Excel Error: Windows cannot find “”…
Someone just reported the Excel error below to me. The error happens when an Excel icon is double-clicked while already having an Excel session open.
"Windows cannot find '<doc location'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
This error had me puzzled for a moment until I found the answer on the Microsoft support site here.
Here's a small excerpt of the Microsoft support site:
When you double-click an Excel workbook in Windows Explorer, a dynamic data exchange (DDE) message is sent to Excel, instructing it to open the workbook that you double-clicked.If the Ignore other applications setting is selected, Excel ignores DDE messages sent to it by other programs. As a result, the DDE message sent to Excel by Windows Explorer is ignored, and Excel does not open the workbook that you double-clicked.
To solve the problem you'll have to uncheck the setting Ignore other application that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) which can be found here:
Microsoft Excel 2010
- Click the File tab, and then click Options.
- Click Advanced, and then click to clear the Ignore other applications check box in the General area.
- Click OK.
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
- Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Excel Options.
- Click Advanced, and then click to clear the Ignore other applications check box in the General area.
- Click OK.
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 or earlier versions of Excel
- Click Options, on the Tools menu.
- Click the General tab.
- Click to clear the Ignore other applications check box, and then click OK.
This error can also occur when Word or Powerpoint is trying to include a part of an open Excel document.