Can't open documents on sharepoint from home computer

Posted March 25, 201014 yr

daeljohn580431 Wrote:

> I'm a new Vista owner and have just created "network place" for my

> school

> district sharepoint portal. Everything works as it should until I try

> to

> open a document. At that point my computer tries connecting to a

> dial-up

> modem. After canceling this, sharepoint tries opening the document,

> but I

> get a message saying that it cannot do so. Here's the particularly odd

> part,

> if I'm opening a Word document it will actually open the document as

> it

> should after clicking OK. If I'm trying to open an excel or

> powerpoint, etc

> document, however, I get nothing! Suggestions?

HI daeljohn,

I just had exactly the same issue as you. It turns out that there was a

problem with a .dll that is part off office. I followed the instructions

here and it resolved the issue for me:

'JJClements.co.uk SharePoint 2007 documents not opening in Office

Sean

SeanField

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