From: RealMikey on
I have WinXP pro & Office 2003 with all updates and SP's, on all computers at
my house, mom's house, office. I have existing shortcuts to folders. When
in Windows Explorer, everything works fine. but when I an using any office
app, on any of the computers, and I click on an icon for a shortcut to a
folder I get "

word experienced an error trying to open the file. try these. *check file
permissions....

but if the shortcut is to a file it works. I have tried creating new
shortcuts, same error.