How to solve the “C:\Documents.xls’ could not be found.” error in MS Excel?

chintan — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:30:31 +0000

When opening any Excel spreadsheet by double clicking the file, Excel successfully opens, but so does the following error: “‘C\Documents.xls’ could not be found. Check the spelling of the filename, and confirm that the file location is correct. If you are trying to open the file from your list of most of late used files on the file menu, make sure that the file has not been renamed, moved or deleted.” This is followed by quite a few more errors referencing similar filenames which do not exist. The worksheet will finally open, but only after much annoyance.

(1). Type the command as shown. The fix for this problem is simple. Excel must be unregistered and then re-registered. To do this, close your spreadsheet if it is open and exit from Excel. Click the Windows “Start Button” and then click “Run.” Type this phrase exactly “excel /unregserver” (minus the quotation marks.) Click the “OK” button and the window will close.

(2). Then click the Windows “Start Button” again and click “Run.” Type this phrase exactly “excel /regserver” (minus the quotation marks.) Click the “OK” button and the window will close.

(3). Success! No more annoying error messages. Try to open your Excel spreadsheet again by double-clicking the file. It should open this time with no errors. This procedure resets Excel to its factory defaults in the Windows registry. You should not have to reactivate Excel after performing these steps.

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How to solve the “C:\Documents.xls’ could not be found.” error in MS Excel?