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( File Not Found )

 

This error either means what it says (that the page does not exist here)...

Click here to return to the Systems2win home page

or...

If you got this error after clicking a link from an Excel document

then you might be experiencing
a known issue with Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)
with incoming hyperlinks from Microsoft Office documents
that contain a bookmark to a specific place within a page.

 

How to tell if your IE browser has the "bookmark bug"

Look at the URL in the address bar near the top of this page — in your web browser.

Bookmark Bug

If the URL address contains %20-%20

[or " - " (space dash space)]

then you are experiencing the "Microsoft Office / Internet Explorer bookmark bug".

 

How to quickly fix it:

Edit the URL in your address bar to replace %20-%20 with the # symbol

Bookmark Bug

and now the link will work.

How to permanently fix this Microsoft Office / IE bookmark bug

Microsoft's (surprising) recommended solution is to:

  1. install a non-Microsoft browser (such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome),
    and make it the default browser;
  2. then re-open Microsoft Internet Explorer, and make it (again) the default browser.

Microsoft Internet Explorer will now (magically) work correctly.

Or switch to a less buggy browser — such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome