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I cannot open files in excel with error message "The file name or path contains invalid characters

I cannot open files in excel with error message "The file name or path contains invalid characters

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jan 14, 2012 10:04 PM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2012 10:43 PM

Found the solution. The hardrive name was changed to "/" which is not a recognised file path character. So I changed the name to "Mac" then I was able to already open all files in excel and word

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I cannot open files in excel with error message "The file name or path contains invalid characters

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