WordPad (Also MS Office Word and Excel) Error Message: Cannot Find the File

KBSubcategory: win95
Additional reference words: 95 lfn
Last reviewed: April 12, 1996
Article ID: Q149815
The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you double-click a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a long file name
containing
one or more spaces, you may receive an error message indicating that the
file cannot be found.
For example, double-clicking a file named "Long File Name.rtf" may generate
the following error message:

WordPad
C:\[path-to-file]\[long path]\...
Cannot find the file.
Please verify that the correct path and file name are given.

CAUSE

This error can occur if the "%1" variable is not assigned to the Open
action for the .rtf file type.
NOTE: This behavior is not exclusive to WordPad.
Other programs that use the "%1" variable in the Open action will generate
similar error messages if the "%1" variable is missing.

RESOLUTION
Edit the Open action for the .rtf file type and add the "%1" variable. To
do so, follow these steps:

1.Double-click My Computer.
2.On the View menu, click Options.
3.On the File Types tab, click Rich Text Format in the Registered File
Types box, and then click Edit.
4.In the Actions box, click Open, and then click Edit.
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5.In the Application Used To Perform Action box, add "%1" (including the
quotation marks)
   to the end of the line.
***
Make sure there IS A SPACE between
the end of the command line and the "%1" variable.
***
*****************************************************************************************************************************************

6.Click OK.

MORE INFORMATION
This problem can occur if you install another word processing program that
associates itself
with .rtf files and you then change the association for .rtf files back to
WordPad.
When you do so, the "%1" variable may not be appended to the command line.

KBCategory: kbtool kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win95
Additional reference words: 95 lfn