EXCEL XP: can't open an excel file

[Evdoxia]

Dear all,

Could you please help me with my Excel XP problem?

I can' open an excel file unless I go to the
Excel>File>Open.

That is, if I have saved an excel file in my Desktop or
elsewhere I am not able to open it.

I've already read the solution to this problem for Excel
2000 and tried to modify my registry but unfortunately I
can't find the keys indicated and that's because 2000 and
XP are different.
Please let me know if you happen to know anything.
Thank you very much in advance.
regards,
Evdoxia

 

[Dave Peterson]

Maybe one of these will help.

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

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

An alternative might be to do:
Try Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)