Excel won't open files

[Wayne Clements]

Until recently I had a perfectly good MS Office XP Pro
with all the latest product updates.

Suddenly Excel will not open XLS files when I double-
click on them. Excel starts with no workbook, with no
warning or error messages.

I can open any XLS file by using the File --> Open menu.

When I double-click on a shortcut to an XLS file, I get a
file cannot be found, even tho' I can open the XLS file
by using the File --> Open menu.


Also I have notice that if an MS Outlook email contains a
XLS attachment and I click on that attachment Excel
starts and I get an Outlook message saying that the XLS
file cannot be found.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks
Wayne

 

[Wayne Clements]

I'm sorry, I looked & I looked, but obviously not hard
enough

The answer is: Open Excel, go to Tools=>Options=>General
tab and make sure Ignore Other
Applications is not checked.

Published by "Tom Ogilvy" <[email protected]>

Thanks
Wayne

 

[Gord Dibben]

Wayne

First try the standard fix(es)......Tools>Options>General uncheck "ignore
other applications"

OR Re-register Excel.

Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes and note the space before the /
mark).

You may have to enter your full path to excel.exe....in that case surround
with quotes as in..... "C:\mypath\to Excel\somewhere\excel.exe" /regserver

In your case it sounds more like re-registering first would be best.

Gord Dibben XL2002

 

[Wayne Clements]

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Wayne

First try the standard fix

(es)......Tools>Options>General uncheck "ignore

other applications"

OR Re-register Excel.

Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes and note the space before the /
mark).

You may have to enter your full path to excel.exe....in that case surround
with quotes as in..... "C:\mypath\to

Excel\somewhere\excel.exe" /regserver

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Until recently I had a perfectly good MS Office XP Pro
with all the latest product updates.

Suddenly Excel will not open XLS files when I double-
click on them. Excel starts with no workbook, with no
warning or error messages.

I can open any XLS file by using the File --> Open menu.

When I double-click on a shortcut to an XLS file, I get a
file cannot be found, even tho' I can open the XLS file
by using the File --> Open menu.


Also I have notice that if an MS Outlook email contains a
XLS attachment and I click on that attachment Excel
starts and I get an Outlook message saying that the XLS
file cannot be found.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks
Wayne
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