2007 word can't open file

[piff263]

good morning people,
i looked in microsoft and pcmech.com for the answer but couldn't find how to open a file in word 2007

i keep getting this error "the file [file name] is not available" and this is for all my documents i was even typing today and then closed it and i couldn't open it i was able to open these files about 3 weeks ago and finally got around to trying to fix it

not sure if this info would help its been a while
its a hp labtop, 64 bit, running vista


thanks for any help

[Statica]

Where are you saving the file to? Is it to some network location or a stored default location or are you specifically saving it somewhere? Try saving it to a location like the desktop. Do you have adequate rights to the folder the document is being saved to?

What happens when you right click the file? Does it show you a list of options including "open with"? Do you have adequate rights to the folder you are saving it to?

There are also documented occurrences with some antivirus engines .. notable some versions of AVG. Try disabling AVG and trying again.

[piff263]

im saving the file to my documents and there is no security on the folders and i also already tried saving to the desktop and got no were and checked disabled the virus software no go

and the open with method i tried the xml converter same message and the microsoft word

im still suprised how puzzling this is specailly when it happens as soon as i close the file i can't open

[Petef56]

Originally Posted by piffey263 im still suprised how puzzling this is specailly when it happens as soon as i close the file i can't open

For what it's worth, I'll share an experience with Office 2007.

A customer of mine complained that he had saved some files in Ms Office 2007 format, and now the program was refusing to open them. I can't recall all the details but we were never able to find a fix and he lost all his data in those files. He switched to Open Office and he hasn't had any problems since.

Office 2007 des not seem as stable as previous versions and personally, I need 99.9% reliability when it comes to opening files I previously saved. From what I've seen, Office 2007 does not meet that requirement.

---pete---

[EzyStvy]

It would be interesting to know what happens if you get a Word doc off another machine to see if you can open and re-save it.