Microsoft Excel Says It Cannot Access The File On Mac

Posted on 03.04.2020by admin

If a company doesn’t use the default Exchange server format (due to security or other reasons), this apparently is an issue. I write in the proper URL and Outlook overwrites it. I have tried net new installations and imports of 2011 identities (clean or otherwise). I don’t have this problem from Outlook 2011. Microsoft word on mac help.

I have an Excel workbook that is a listing of various business forms in various file formats (Excel, Word, Acrobat). The workbook has a hyperlink to each of the business forms. The Excel workbook and all of the business forms are in the same folder on a VPN server for which all employees have access.
The links work for me but not for my test user. When I click a link in the listing workbook the referenced business form opens in a jiffy. When my test user clicks that same link he gets the error 'Cannot open the specified file.'
we both have the same identical Lenovo laptop
We both have windows 7
we both have 'Hide Extensions for known file types' unchecked in Windows Explorer
We both have the same application versions, Excel, Word, Acrobat
We both have VPN access to the server
We both have the folder mapped as drive N:
We both can view the entire contents of the folder
We both can open any file in the folder
What am I missing?
Thanks,
tom

Mac Excel Cannot Open The File
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Apr 17, 2018 When you work in a file, Microsoft Excel saves the file with a temporary file name and places this file in the same folder as the original file. When you save your file, the original file is then deleted and the temporary file is renamed with the original file name. Mar 25, 2020 This excel file repair tool can be used on both windows and Mac platforms in order to repair corrupt excel file. All kind of MS office corruption errors (for XLS and XLSX files only) can be handled with this tool. Oct 13, 2018 There are several possible reasons:. The file name or path does not exist. The file is being used by another program. The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a currently open workbook. Restore your keychain permissions for Office for Mac. If the above did not work, Office may have trouble accessing the keychain and you'll need to restore keychain permissions for Office for Mac. In these cases, you may see: The keychain access prompt every time you launch any Office application, even though you previously selected Always Allow.

Last Updated: March 25, 2020

ISSUE

You may receive an unexpected prompt to Grant Access to files when you try to open a file or do 'Save as..' or 'Save a copy'. When this happens, Excel may become unresponsive and you will need to force quit the application to recover.

STATUS: FIXED

This issue has been fixed with version 16.34. Please update to this version or newer to address this issue. For help installing the latest Office updates, please visit Install Office updates.

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