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Voice Pilot Err Msg: "Cannot Access the File at This Time..."

Article ID: 125391

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2003

Microsoft Windows Sound System 2.0
Microsoft Windows Sound System 2.0

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to activate a program item in your personal group using a Switch To macro created with the Voice Pilot feature of the Windows Sound System, the following error message may be displayed:

Cannot access the file at this time. Make sure the file is not in use by another program, and is a valid program file.

CAUSE

The Command Line field of the program item you are trying to start does not contain a valid program filename (program files have names with .EXE, .COM, .BAT, or .PIF extensions).

RESOLUTION

To activate a non-program file (such as a document file) using the Switch To command, follow these steps:

In Program Manager, select the item that you want to activate from your personal group.
From the File menu, choose Properties.
Edit the Command Line field so that the program file associated with the item precedes the item's name. For example, to activate the README.TXT file with the Notepad program, the Command Line field would read:
```
      NOTEPAD.EXE README.TXT
						
```

MORE INFORMATION

You use the Switch To command to start applications or switch to running applications. When Voice Pilot encounters this command, it loads the program items that are located in the Program Manager group with the same name as the current user into the active words list. You can then verbally select the program item you want to activate or switch to. This program group, known as your personal group, is created automatically when a new user is created, and it is maintained in Program Manager.

Additional query words: 2.00 2.00a

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