Drag & Drop of Word 6.0 Icon Fails to Open Document on Desktop
Article ID: 117898
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q117898
SYMPTOMS
When you drag a Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows document icon to a Microsoft
Word 6.0 application shortcut on the desktop, you receive an error
indicating that Word cannot open the document two separate times. Word
seems to be trying to open two separate documents.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because Word 6.0 for Windows recognizes only those
files that conform to the 8.3 file specification. If the filename for the
document contains a space, Word does not recognize it as a valid filename.
Instead, Word interprets the filename as two different files: the first
file using the letters before the space, and the second file using the
letters after the space. For example, the filename "TEST FILE.DOC" is
recognized as the files TEST.DOC and FILE.DOC.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, rename the file to a name that contains no spaces
and conforms to the 8.3 file specification.
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