OFF2000: Error Message "Cannot open specified file." (224109)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
- Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
- Microsoft Office 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
- Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
This article was previously published under Q224109 ERROR MESSAGE
When you click a hyperlink in a Microsoft Office document, the following
error message appears:
Cannot open specified file.
NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:
NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.
THINGS TO TRYHyperlink Worksheet Function
If this error appears when you click a hyperlink that is created using the
Excel Hyperlink worksheet function, refer to the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base for steps to solve your problem.
211503
XL2000: "Cannot Open Specified File" Clicking Hyperlink
File Name Contains # Symbol
If this error appears when you click a hyperlink, and the target
file name contains a pound sign (#), refer to the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base for steps to solve your problem.
202261
You cannot use a pound character in a file name for a hyperlink in an Office program
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 6/14/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbdownload kberrmsg kbprb KB224109 |
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