Office 2007 Pro Plus, disabled Excel shortcuts and Outlook attachm

[Tamerlane]

Runnign Vista. All updates installed. User of 30 years, not a novice.
Everything worked just fine until recently, maybe some updates from MS have
messed things up?

Can't open Excel attachments in Outlook emails anymore.
Can't double-click desktop Excel files or shortcuts anymore.

Nothign installed that isn't automatrically installed from MS.

Very weird.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

Sounds like an Excel problem to me.

Have you tried running Office Diagnostics (Help Menu)?

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
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Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
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[Tamerlane]

Yep, it is an Excel problem.
running Diagnostics fixed problems I wasn't even aware of, or suffered from,
but made difference to the actual problem.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

So...does that mean the original problem IS or is NOT now fixed?

Can you open Excel just as a normal program - for example if you hit the
Windows key and type "Excel" in the Vista Search box, then press Enter?

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q

 

[Tamerlane]

Sorry, very tired here, too late at night.
I left out the word NO.
I should've said "but NO made difference to the actual problem."

and YES, Excel works fine, but getting Excel files only works with File/Open
not by clicking any shortcut, attachment or file name.

 

[Bob I]

Try Office Button, Excel Options, Advanced, and Under the General
heading, UNcheck Ignore other applications that use ...... DDE

 

[Tamerlane]

Thank you so much. Works perfectly now - just like it did before.

 

[Bob I]

You're welcome, have a great day!

Thank you so much. Works perfectly now - just like it did before.

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