Open excel sheet twice at same time?

[Mr. Newt]

Hi,

Probably a question asked all the time, but I often have trouble opening a
file after making a desktop shortcut to an excel file. When opening, it
gives an error message about opening a file with the same name at the same
time (even though I'm not). The error message continues by saying that it
doesn't matter if the files are in different folders and suggests renaming
one of the files.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Robert

 

[Bill Lunney]

No reason I can think of that would cause Excel to load the file twice
irrespective of launching it from a shortcut. Couple of things to check:

- The file isn't already open in Excel before you click the shortcut
- The file is not loaded at startup automatically

I would start by loading Excel on its own. Make sure no workbooks (or at
least just the ones you want) are loaded. Double click the file to be
loaded, NOT it's extension. After this works create the shortcut, close all
instances of Excel and load via the shortcut.



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Regards,


Bill Lunney
www.billlunney.com