Re: error message, cannot find file:///': Make sure path or Internet address is correct.
- From: Jim <bojimbo261@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:18:28 +0100
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:14:17 -0400, "Richard" <richard@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Re: error message, cannot find 'file:///': Make sure path or Internet
address is correct.
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:23:04 -0500, "wjpkbp" <wjpkbp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Help!!! We are receiving this error message every time windows opens,
or the computer starts up. It is usually followed by a another message
that the system has recovered from a serious error and needs to shut
down. The computer is freezing up, shutting down and starting back up
(on it's on), while we're in the middle of something. Or it will do
this before we ever get the program opened. This has been going on for
about a month and a half now. We are at our wits end.
We installed IE8 two days ago and, run Windows XP Home edition.
Please, does anyone have an answer?
Thanks!!
"Jim" <bojimbo261@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:t1jg659nbv1fg74hlc1q39btl4g44mihib@xxxxxxxxxx
Do a search for the file ///`: and delete it .
Hi Jim,
In the above case there is no path or file name to search for. The triple
slashes (///) are part of the protocol for accessing local drive files
through the Address Bar or clickable links. Ordinarily, file paths use
backward slashes, like this:
C:\Windows\Notepad.exe
The modified protocol renders that same path and file as:
file:///C:/Windows/Notepad.exe
With forward slashes. (CLICK it now to take NOTES! :)
Open Windows Explorer (hold WindowsLogo key and press E,) and if you don't
have an address bar at the top, right click on the menu bar, and click
Address Bar, then enter a Bogus file path/folder in the Address Bar and
press Enter:
C:\Bogus
You then get this message:
Cannot find 'file:///C:/Bogus'. Make sure the path or Internet address is
correct.
The problem the OP (Original Poster) is/was experiencing involves an attempt
by some program or process to access an empty path/filename string, possibly
because something got deleted or changed somewhere. Note that the date of
the OP's first message is 23July2009, and note the statement that the
problem had been "going on for about a month and a half". That takes us back
to a day or two after the June 9th (2nd tuesday of the month) Windows Update
as a for sure time when things on the computer would have changed, that
required a restart. One of those updates was Cumulative Security Update for
Internet Explorer (KB969897). (Probably using IE7 then, since they didn't
install IE8 until about 21July2009.) If Internet Explorer was active when
that IE update was installed, there could have been complications,
especially if 3rd party toolbars, (Google or Yahoo,) were in use. Without
further information, we can only speculate at this late date.
FWIW. --Richard
Thanks for the info .
.
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