Excel Doesn't Open

[Jerry]

Office Pro 2003 Excel
Windows Vista Home Premium
Often, especially after a reboot when I click on an excel to open it I get a
message:
Windows Cannot find (the filename) Make sure you typed the name correctly
and then try again". The installer for Office opens and starts running but
stops and opens a new excel file. Then I have to go to file>open.> and find
the file.
This is very frustrating. I have repaired, completely reinstalled Office
from the original Disc (twice), tried the unchecking ignore other programs
box (it wasn't checked) There's just nothing else I know to try.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Jerru

 

[Jerry]

Office Pro 2003 Excel
Windows Vista Home Premium
Often, especially after a reboot when I click on an excel to open it I get a
message:
Windows Cannot find (the filename) Make sure you typed the name correctly
and then try again". The installer for Office opens and starts running but
stops and opens a new excel file. Then I have to go to file>open.> and find
the file.
This is very frustrating. I have repaired, completely reinstalled Office
from the original Disc (twice), tried the unchecking ignore other programs
box (it wasn't checked) There's just nothing else I know to try.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Jerru

HELLO!! Is anybody out there? A moderator or mvp?
Jerry

 

[Dave Peterson]

I don't have a guess why you get the installation process starting, but you can
try this to see if it helps with the doubleclicking on the file.

Saved from a previous post:

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double
clicking on the file in windows explorer:

Tools|Options|General|Uncheck "Ignore other applications"
(xl2003 menus)

or
Office Button|Excel Options|Advanced|General|Uncheck "Ignore other applications
that use DDE"
(xl2007)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets some of the windows registry to
excel's factory defaults.

 

[Jerry]

I don't have a guess why you get the installation process starting, but you can
try this to see if it helps with the doubleclicking on the file.

Saved from a previous post:

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double
clicking on the file in windows explorer:

Tools|Options|General|Uncheck "Ignore other applications"
(xl2003 menus)

or
Office Button|Excel Options|Advanced|General|Uncheck "Ignore other applications
that use DDE"
(xl2007)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets some of the windows registry to
excel's factory defaults.


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Dave Peterson
.
I had already tried the "ignore other applications" option without success. Now I tried your second recommendation to run excel /unregserver and

excel /regserver I got a curious error message considering all of the times
I have reinstalled from my disc. The message is:
One of your object libraries (stdole32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please
run setup to install it.

Any ideas what to do now? Apparently the reinstall is missing the problem. I
might add that I have been using this copy of the Office Disc for at least 3
years and this is a new problem.

Thanks for any help!!
Jerryu

 

[Dave Peterson]

I've never seen this as a result of reregistering excel--in fact, I've never
seen this error at all.

If you can still open excel, I'd try Help|detect and repair

Or if that doesn't work, I'd try re-installing excel.

 

[Jerry]

I did the help>repair and then ran the excel /unregserver and then the excel
/ regserver.
I did not get the error message this time but when I ran each of the excel
/unregserver and then the excel / regserver
it opened up a new workbook. Not a problem though. At least there are no
error messages AND I rebooted and opened Excel without a problem. This may
well have been the fix.

Thanks for the help!
Jerry

 

[Dave Peterson]

What are you typing into that run dialog. I've never seen excel open any file
when I do this.

 

[Jerry]

What are you typing into that run dialog. I've never seen excel open any file
when I do this.




--

Dave Peterson
.
I was typing excel /unregserver and excel /regserver as you recommended. I opened up a new excel workbook both times.

Well it did work for awhile as I said in my last reply but it's broke again,
getting the same error messages as original problem. I think I have incidents
left on my original Office purchase but I'm not sure Microsoft still supports
it.
Any more ideas?

Thx
Jerry

 

[Dave Peterson]

But what you wrote in the previous message didn't match what I suggested.

If it worked once, I'd try it again.

 

[Jerry]

Well, now I'm back to:
I had already tried the "ignore other applications" option without success.
Now I tried your second recommendation to run excel /unregserver and
excel /regserver again and I got a curious error message considering all of
the times
I have reinstalled from my disc. The message is:
One of your object libraries (stdole32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please
run setup to install it.
This just keeps going back and forth. Why in the world would this have
worked so well for 3 or more years and now become a problem. I've repaired,
uninstalled, reinstalled, unregserver, regserver many time now and it's still
broke.

Thanks for any help
Jerry

 

[Dave Peterson]

I have no idea.

I'd try a reinstall once more.

Well, now I'm back to:
I had already tried the "ignore other applications" option without success.
Now I tried your second recommendation to run excel /unregserver and
excel /regserver again and I got a curious error message considering all of
the times
I have reinstalled from my disc. The message is:
One of your object libraries (stdole32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please
run setup to install it.
This just keeps going back and forth. Why in the world would this have
worked so well for 3 or more years and now become a problem. I've repaired,
uninstalled, reinstalled, unregserver, regserver many time now and it's still
broke.

Thanks for any help
Jerry