Excel 97/Windows XP issue

[George Randall]

Whenever I open an Excel file, I get a message warning me
that a document of the same name is already open (as if it
is trying to open the file twice).

This only happens when Excel launches after I browse to a
file and double click, or if I choose a file from the
recent documents list. If I start Excel, then open the
file, I don't get the message. If Excel is already running
and I browse to a file through Explorer or the recent
document list, it doesn't happen.

I have SR2 installed. I thought this same behavior was
happening with other office programs, but I just tried it
with Word and Power Point and didn't get the message. I
had Office 97 installed under Win98 with no problem. This
behavior began immediately after installing under WinXP.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi George,

More than likely the file association contains an error and references
the file name ("%1") twice. You can recreate the file association by
going to Start/Run and run:

excel /regserver

Note the space before the forward slash.

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[George Randall]

Thank you, that was exactly the problem. Your advice cured
it!

 

[Beth Melton]

You're welcome George.

Thanks for the update.
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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP