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MS RESTORE feature??
What solution that applied?
Do you mean System Restore?
Did you...
*Check file permissions for the document or drive
How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and
folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308419
*Use file open dialog box to locate the document
Open Word | Ctrl key + O key | In the Look in list, click the drive, folder,
or Internet location that contains the file you want to open. | In the
folder list, locate and open the folder that contains the file. | Click the
file, and then click Open.
How to recover text from any files by using the "Recover Text from Any File"
converter of Word 2002 and Word 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290946/
How to recover text from any document in Word 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;212274
WD97: How to Recover Text from Any File
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156573/
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:ePRFugsdFHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
AWJ <ajury@nbnet.nb.ca> hunted and pecked:
> No I tried the only solution that applied and it didn't work. One thing I
> didn't say is th files were restored using MS RESTORE feature. Could that
> be the problem?
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:ek32FFodFHA.3452@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> You receive a "The document name or path is not valid" error message when
>> you try to open or save a document in Word 2000
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;224016
>>
>> You receive a "This file could not be found" or "The document name or
>> path is not valid" error message when you open an HTML document in Word
>> 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;229426
>>
>> How to recover text from any document in Word 2000
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;212274
>>
>> [[When you try to open a Word document, the document is not opened, and
>> you
>> receive the following error message:
>> The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions.
>> * Check the file permissions for the document or drive.
>> * Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document.
>> (path\file_name)
>>
>> You receive this error message when you try to open an encrypted Word
>> 2002 document that has an encryption level that is not supported in Word
>> 2000. ]]
>>
>> See WORKAROUND
>> You receive an error message when you try to open or replace a Word 2003
>> document.
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813980/
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:uhxiaXndFHA.3184@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>> AWJ <ajury@nbnet.nb.ca> hunted and pecked:
>>> I posted this on the "microsoft.public.word.application.errors" news
>>> group
>>> and didn't get any answers. So I thought it might be an XP issue. Some
>>> of my Word 2000 files (In Win XP Home) open fine but some give me an
>>> error message saying:
>>>
>>> " The document name or path is invalid. Try these suggestions:
>>> *Check file permissions for the document or drive
>>> *Use file open dialog box to locate the document "
>>>
>>> One of the documentsis one I just created two days ago and now I can't
>>> open it. I
>>> created a test document and saved it to the same folder and I can open
>>> it just fine. Any suggestions?