Desktop Shortcut

[Guest Teresa]

When I was adding a shortcut to my desktop for an Excel document I accidently

dragged the original file out and now I can not access the file at all. I

get the following error message. “Excel cannot access “Bill Info.xls”.

Document may be read-only or encrypted. When you click on OK it displays -

Cannot access “Bill Info.xls” again. I’ve tried taking with tech support

from Dell, but they could not help me. Can someone tell me how to undo this

problem or how to access the file?

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TEC

[Guest Ken Triebold]

Re: Desktop Shortcut

 

I don't know why you are posting this question here because this is a

newsgroup dedicated to 64 bit Windows issues. Anyway, I have some thoughts:

 

1. First of all I would restore your corrupt file from the backup that you

made. You did backup your file, didn't you?

 

2. If for some reason step 1 is not successful, you could try using a

program that will repair a corrupt xls file. I searched on CNET downloads

and found several that are free to try. Here is a link to that site:

http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tag=fil&qt=repair+corrupt+excel+file&sort=&operatingSystems=128&licenseType=50&fileSize=&ca=

 

3. Another thing you might try is doing a Windows "System Restore" to some

previous date when that file was known to be OK. You will need to have

Windows XP or Vista to be able to do this. Also, System Restore normally

restores the workings of the operating system, not files, so this may or may

not work in your case.

 

 

 

"Teresa" <Teresa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FB01644D-C529-4202-A9BD-2A009D431EC4@microsoft.com...

> When I was adding a shortcut to my desktop for an Excel document I

> accidently

> dragged the original file out and now I can not access the file at all. I

> get the following error message. "Excel cannot access "Bill Info.xls".

> Document may be read-only or encrypted. When you click on OK it

> displays -

> Cannot access "Bill Info.xls" again. I've tried taking with tech support

> from Dell, but they could not help me. Can someone tell me how to undo

> this

> problem or how to access the file?

> --

> TEC

[Guest John Barnes]

Re: Desktop Shortcut

 

While not applicable to this newsgroup, the way I have to open a number of

Excel files is to open Excel on the programs menu, use the Office button and

chose open, browse to the file you want, where the original shortcut pointed

to, and open it. If you have accidentally deleted the file, hopefully you

have a backup or a shadow copy in Vista.

 

I do suggest you post this in the office group as you will find more

expertise with this type of problem.

 

"Teresa" <Teresa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FB01644D-C529-4202-A9BD-2A009D431EC4@microsoft.com...

> When I was adding a shortcut to my desktop for an Excel document I

> accidently

> dragged the original file out and now I can not access the file at all. I

> get the following error message. “Excel cannot access “Bill Info.xls”.

> Document may be read-only or encrypted. When you click on OK it

> displays -

> Cannot access “Bill Info.xls” again. I’ve tried taking with tech support

> from Dell, but they could not help me. Can someone tell me how to undo

> this

> problem or how to access the file?

> --

> TECWh