I really need help with this one

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Lee

All of a sudden, I could no longer open an excel
spreadsheet. I get the message "The File may be read-
only, or you may be trying to access a read only
location. Or the server the document is stored on may
not be responding" I've checked the attributes and they
are all unchecked. All my other files work fine. I'm
using Windows XP Prof and Excel 2002. Please Please help.

Thanks in advance,

Lee
 
"Lee" wrote in message ...
All of a sudden, I could no longer open an excel
spreadsheet. I get the message "The File may be read-
only, or you may be trying to access a read only
location. Or the server the document is stored on may
not be responding" I've checked the attributes and they
are all unchecked. All my other files work fine. I'm
using Windows XP Prof and Excel 2002. Please Please help.
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Try the following:

1.) Completely empty your temp directory

(http://www.decisionmodels.com/memlimitsc.htm)

Delete all the files in your temp directory, but make sure that you have
completed any pending software installations first (you may need to reboot
your PC). If you are not sure where your temp directory is you can access it
using Start-->Run-->%temp%-->OK. Temporary files may accumulate in your
\Windows\Temp directory (Win95/98/ME), or your \Documents and
Settings\<user>\local settings\temp directory (Win2K/WinXP). Too many
temporary files can cause problems, so clean them out from time to time.

2.) Find and delete the xlb file (toolbar file). With Excel closed, simply
do a search for *.xlb, and when you find the file, delete it. Restart
Excel.

3.) Make sure your XLSTART directory is empty.

4.) You can have a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q280504

5.) Help | Detect and Repair

I hope one of those work for you.

Best regards,
Kevin
 
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