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When I try to open excel document, below message is arising.
Cannot Find the file 'File Name.xls' [for one of its components]. Make sure the path and file name are correct and that all required libraries are available.
And when I check folder option-file types. I cannot find content type (MIME) for Excel worksheet type. How can I get that (application/x-msexcel) type for that.
when I try to open excel document this error message is arising. Please reply me with solution.
Cannot find the file 'File.xls'[or one of its components]. Make sure the path and filename are correc

The problem is likely due to your filename containing a space within it's name such as My Workbook.xls so it is only finding My.xls.
(I personly no longer use spaces in my filenames; I use capitol letters to differentiate words eg. MyWorkbook.xls. This I use for all types of files. It works out better overall.)
But, go to Start, Settings, Folder Options, File Types and scroll down to "Microsoft Excel Worksheet" Select it and hit the Properties button.
In the lower window click on Open to select it and then click on Edit.Application should show the path to excel.exe.
Below that place a check in the box for Use DDE if it is not already checked.
In the DDE Message box use:
[open("%1")]Below that for Application use Excel.
The [open("%1")] tells it to ignore the space in the name or should I say, look past the space.
For Content type Mime; mine shows as
application/vnd.ms-excel
and I can select others from the Mime drop down box. Is the Mime selection box greyed out on yours?HTH
Bryan

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