OFFXP: Error Message: Cannot Open Specified File (298005)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office XP Developer
- Microsoft Office XP Professional
- Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage
- Microsoft Office XP Small Business
- Microsoft Office XP Standard
This article was previously published under Q298005 For a Microsoft Office 2000 version of this article, see 224109.
ERROR MESSAGE
When you click a hyperlink in a Microsoft Office document, you may receive the following
error message:
Cannot open specified file.
RESOLUTIONHyperlink Worksheet Function
If this error message appears when you click a hyperlink that is created by using the
Excel Hyperlink worksheet function, please see 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 message appears when you click a hyperlink, and the target
file name contains a pound symbol (#), please see 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: | kberrmsg kbprb KB298005 |
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