OFF2000: Error Message "Cannot open specified file."

ID: Q224109

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000

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:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

The hyperlink in Microsoft Excel uses the Hyperlink worksheet function.

The hyperlink points to a file whose name contains the pound sign (#) symbol.

WHAT TO TRY

Hyperlink 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.

Q211503 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.

Q202261 OFF2000: Cannot Use Pound Character in File Name for a Hyperlink

Additional query words: OFF2000


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb