Excel files won't open from desktop

[dhattala]

I cannot open an Excel file from it's location in My
Documents or on the desktop. Excel will launch but the
data does not appear. However, I can open Excel first and
open the document from within Excel. How can I
reestablish the link to open direct from the file
itself? I'm using Excel 2002.

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi Dhattala,

I cannot open an Excel file from it's location in My
Documents or on the desktop. Excel will launch but the
data does not appear. However, I can open Excel first and
open the document from within Excel. How can I
reestablish the link to open direct from the file
itself? I'm using Excel 2002.

Start, Run,
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /regserver

Quotes mandatory, Note you may have to change the path.

This is what MS has to say startup switches:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q211481


Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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