Cannot open MS Excel file directly from USB in MS Excel
Bug #191363 reported by
Marius Groenewald
This bug report was converted into a question: question #50225: Cannot open MS Excel file directly from USB in MS Excel.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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dolphin (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I installed MS Office through Wine on my Kubuntu PC. I tried to open an Excel file, stored on my USB Flashdrive, using the right-click menu, Open With option. I selected MS Excel, after which MS Excel loads, but with an empty Book1 file and not the file I selected in Dolphin.
The same happens even in Konqueror.
If I open an Excel file stored on my hard drive, then it works.
Changed in dolphin: | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
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Marking incomplete pending more info. Can you move files from your hard drive onto you USB flash using Dolphin/Konquerer? If you don't have write permission on the USB flash, then it's possible for this behavior. I presume your USB drive is formatted as FAT or FAT32?, not sure how WINE handles non-FAT filesystems.
This is definitely an edge case--using MS Office through WINE. Can you open the file with Open Office from the USB disk?
At least you have a work-around--write the file to local disk then open it in Excel. Could be a WINE issue with handling of USB disks. Could be an MS Office/WINE issue with file handling.