Still have file opening problem

[Norm5080]

My laptop has the following problem...click on a shortcut to or an Excel 97
file icon and Excel opens but not the file. If I open Excel and then go to
File/Open....any of the files will open fine. I now have latest Zone Alarm
and have removed and reinstalled Excel several times but same difficulty
keeps occuring. Have also tried "unregserver/regserver" but no luck with
that either.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[David McRitchie]

check the properties of your icon (right click)
and what do you see for filename or program.
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[Norm5080]

Finally fixed the problem...I found that the excel file in MSOffice\office
did not have a .exe attached to it...so I added it and voila...everything
working fine. Thanks for your help.

 

[madrassa]

excuse me I have the same problem excatlly as you so could you pleas
explain how did you fix it exactlly because I didn't understand

 

[steam3801]

Finally fixed the problem...I found that the excel file in MSOffice\office
did not have a .exe attached to it...so I added it and voila...everything
working fine. Thanks for your help.

Ummm, it probably did, unless it had been deliberately changed not to
have the extension in the file name - there is a setting that can hide
the extension on known file name types.

One way into that setting - open My Computer, find "Folder Options" in
one of the pull down menus (varies according to which Windows version
- in XP, it's in the Tools menu), click the View tab and find the
option "Hide extensions for known file types".

Having this setting turned on is one of the most annoying default
features built into Windows - *EVERY* user of a computer should be
taught how to go into this option and turn it off - it causes untold
confusion when looking for a file

(e.g. you've got a collection of files in Word, Access, Excel,
Powerpoint and Publisher - with a couple of images in different
formats (jpg, gif and bmp). They're all on the same subject so they
all can have the same file name - let's say "assignment2", but there's
a .doc, a .xls, a .ppt, a .mdb, a .pub, a .jpg, a .gif, and a .bmp
file.

Hide the extension and unless you're acutely aware of which product
logo appears before the filename, every file looks identical.)

You know it makes sense.
steam3801

 

[steam3801]

Finally fixed the problem...I found that the excel file in MSOffice\office
did not have a .exe attached to it...so I added it and voila...everything
working fine. Thanks for your help.

(see my first response - sorry, I now realise you were talking about
the path name in the desktop shortcut icon, not the actual filename
stored on your computer.)

You know it makes sense.
steam3801