"Cannot Find File" When Object Clicked to Run Interactively (134867)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
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:
  1. Select the object and click Interactive Settings on the Tools menu.
  2. 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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:kbinterop kbprb KB134867
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