Tools>Options>General uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
Exit Excel and try again
If this does not work, re-register Excel

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> Since defragging my hard disk I have been experiencing problems loading my
> Excel files. If I load a file by double clicking on it from within my My
> Documents folder Excel starts and loads an empty page - the file association
> is OK. If I start Excel and then go to File/Open the Excel file loads
> perfectly. Does anyone have an idea as to what is happening?
Maxanne - 14 Mar 2007 22:58 GMT
I am having trouble opening files on any network resource from within windows
explorer. I re-registered the software but no change. Is there some kind of
switch or error checking that goes on behind the scenes that makes my
document take over 45 seconds to open?
We recently changed from a Novel Network to Windows Active Directory; could
that have an effect?
Thanks for any help I can get.
Maxanne
> Tools>Options>General uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
> Exit Excel and try again
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> > is OK. If I start Excel and then go to File/Open the Excel file loads
> > perfectly. Does anyone have an idea as to what is happening?