Cant open excel files by double clicking it

[Maged N. Roshdy]

Hi
i have office XP installed on my computer , when i try to
open any excel file by double clicking it it open me the
editor screen of the excel empty without the file included
inside the editor , but when i open the file from the
excel editor file menue then open.......... , it opens ,
so how can i get it back to open the excel files by double
clicking it directly , thanks for any help .

Maged

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi Maged!

Double clicking on files from within Explorer or attached to e-mails
should cause Excel to start and to load the file. Often this fails.
Excel starts but the file is not loaded. However, with Excel open the
file may load with a normal double click and / or it can be opened
from within Excel by the normal File > Open method.



Most likely fix for this problem is from within Excel:

Tools > Options > General

Uncheck "Ignore other Applications"

OK


Close Excel and try again

If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel in the Registry using
the following routine.



Close Excel
On the Windows Taskbar
Start > Run

Type the following exactly including the space between exe and /

excel.exe /regserver

OK.

You might have to designate a full path to the excel.exe file

You'll have to locate the Excel.exe file using

Start > Search > For Files and Folders

Search for the excel.exe file and note down its location


Then

Start > Run

Type the regserver command using the path you found.

C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver



If you have multiple versions of Excel installed you will have a
choice of which version to use as the default.


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Regards
Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia
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