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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / October 2006multiple copies of XL
Excel 2002 SP3 Win XP HE SP1 hi, when i click on an xls file in windows explorer it opens the file in excel; however, if i am looking for another xls file and repeat same procedure, it opens the xls file in a *separate* instance of excel. on and on so i can find myself s'times with up to 5 or 6 multiple instances of excel all running concurrently. is there a way to prevent this? i.e. make all xls files opened or clicked-on in windows explorer open in the same instance of excel--barring opening them up all at once but sequentially in time, as needed? tx. stef Try the usual fix(es) for this problem. Tools>Options>General uncheck "Ignore other Applications" Exit Excel and try again If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar 1) Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK. 2) Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK. See the space between exe and /regserver You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe. In that case Start>Run "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP >Excel 2002 SP3 >Win XP HE SP1 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >needed? >tx. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP Gord, tx a lot for the feedback. i will try the remedies u describe and post the results here. > stef > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP Gord, actually, i do use DDE sometimes so i dt think the "ignore other applications" works 4 me as a remedy...... unless i am missing s'thing. i'll check the other fixes > stef > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP nope; excel sucks this is probably one of my biggest complaints also -Aaron > Excel 2002 SP3 > Win XP HE SP1 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > needed? > tx.
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