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I recently had an instructor call in with a unique (at least to me) problem. Whenever he double-clicked a Microsoft Office file to open it, he would get the following error: “The document name or path is invalid…” After a few questions, I discovered it was only happening on files that contained spaces in the path and/or filename. Once this was figured out, I was able to give the following solution:

1. Right Click on the Start button
2. Click Explore
3. Click Tools
4. Click Folder Options
5. Select the File Types tab
6. Scroll down until you find the DOC file type
7. Select the DOC file type
8. Click the Advanced button
9. Click on Open (in the Actions text box)
10. Click Edit
11. Click into the field named “Application used to perform action:”
12. Scroll to the end
13. Enclose the %1 in double quotes: “%1”
14. Click OK
15. Click OK
16. Click OK

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