Article ID: 183511
Article Last Modified on 11/10/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q183511
SYMPTOMS
If you try to start Microsoft Publisher 98 from a shortcut you previously
used to start an earlier version of Publisher, you may see the following
message
Missing Shortcut.
Windows is searching for MSPUB.EXE. To locate it yourself, click
Browse.
followed by a second message,
Open With
Click the Program you want to use to open the file '<filename>.'
If the program you want is not on the list, click Other.
Choose the program you want to use.
where <filename> is the name of a file other than Mspub.exe. This dialog
box contains a list of several programs. If you choose MSPUB from the
list, you may receive the following error message:
Publisher cannot open the file.
The icon for the shortcut may also change from the Publisher icon to
another icon. Every time you click this shortcut, Publisher will not be
started.
CAUSE
The shortcut is still pointing to the location of your old Publisher
installation files. Windows cannot locate the original Publisher
executable file, and locates another file that is of similar size, or
date. Windows also cannot locate the Publisher 98 installation files and
the shortcut was not updated to point to the Publisher 98 executable file.
NOTE: The Publisher 98 Setup program gives you the option to remove all
previous versions of Publisher.
RESOLUTION
Delete the shortcut and create a new one.
MORE INFORMATION
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