opening Excel files from Explorer

[fd]

I am using a new installation of Excel 2000 on an XP Professional os. The first few days of use I could double click on a file in Explorer or an attachement in an e-mail and it would open in Excel (Ithis is normal, I think). The next Monday, this feature stopped operating - now Excel opens, but the file will not.

Is there a switch that needs to be set? Thanks for any help!

 

[Beth Melton]

Try recreating the file associations for Excel. Go to Start/Run and
run:

excel /regserver

Note the space before the forward slash.

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I am using a new installation of Excel 2000 on an XP Professional

os. The first few days of use I could double click on a file in
Explorer or an attachement in an e-mail and it would open in Excel
(Ithis is normal, I think). The next Monday, this feature stopped
operating - now Excel opens, but the file will not.