In Folder Options, you will find a 'filetypes' tab, and the list of those.
Open the advanced properties of a filetype, and uncheck, apply, then recheck
the setting for "DDE". This should toggle the registry setting you are
having trouble with.

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"cg" <cg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I use WindowsXP. My shortcuts for my xl spreadsheets have started giving
> me
> errors such as: can't find c:\documents.xls. I click ok and then it
> says:
> can't find c:\and.xls. I click ok and then it says: can't find
> c:\setting.xls. and so on. it continues on between each word in the
> pathname
> but the spreadsheet opens in the end. Does anyone know how to fix this?
>