>>Hi george,
>>
>>No the file is in the general field.
>>But I am stupid I make the link with a Word 6 file
>>and I have OFFICE 97 on my computer
>>
>>Tks
>>
>Hi Marcel,
>
>Just one more thought on this. The question occurred to me as to why a 32 bit application would create a link file with a short file name? The answer is that it wouldn't. A 16 bit app would. That may be the problem that you're facing. Further, a 16 bit application cannot resolve the long file name which it would get when you tried to activate the application. I don't know, and can't test from here, if using the short file name in the APPEND GENERAL command will work or not. It is, however, something that you should consider.

I think you've hit it on the head - it's the file type association that's driving the error. if the file type were associated with a 32 bit app (via View/Folder Options/File Types through Explorer, the problem shouldn't exist. Changing the entry in th registry for the file ype association is probably the best alternative.