Excel cannot open while web browser opened

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Dear Forum Members,

I recently discovered a problem with my excel application. Whenever I
am browsing the web with IE or Firefox I am unable to launch any of my
excel spreadsheets (.xls/,csv files) by double clicking on them in my
folders. There are NO crashes or error messages. The applications
just waits until you close your web browser and immediately launches
once closed. I did a couple of tests and found out that:

1. Excel can be manually opened if you clicked on it's main shortcut
but NOT by double clicking on any of the spreadsheets.

2. Double clicking on the spreadsheet will only work if certain
websites are opened. For instance, if I were to go to MSN.com and try
to double click on my worksheet it does not launch. But if I were to
a) close my browser showing MSN.com it will launch OR b) from MSN.com
type in another URL such as Google.com the application will immediately
launch. It seems that I cannot launch my spreadsheets ONLY if certain
websites are opened. I find this rather odd.

I am currently using ms excel office 2003. Any advice, help or
suggestion would be deeply appreciated. Thank you in advance.
 

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