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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / October 2004Open .xls file from Explore window
I have a new problem with Excel, which appeared suddenly. I can launch Excel from the Start menu, and open any .xls workbook. But I cannot simply double-click a .xls file from Explore, as it launches Excel ok, but fails to open the file, and just hangs there until I close the window or end the process. This method of opening spreadsheets worked fine until a few days ago. Now this is driving me nuts! I even reinstalled Office 2000 hoping it would fix things, but to no avail. Nothing I can do to the filetypes (in folder options) seem to help either. Help! I could use some pointers! Many thanks in advance for any assistance. Daniel  SignatureOttawaRocks <Tools> <Options> <General> tab, And *UNCHECK* "Ignore Other Applications". SignatureHTH, RD ============================================== Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ============================================== I have a new problem with Excel, which appeared suddenly. I can launch Excel from the Start menu, and open any .xls workbook. But I cannot simply double-click a .xls file from Explore, as it launches Excel ok, but fails to open the file, and just hangs there until I close the window or end the process. This method of opening spreadsheets worked fine until a few days ago. Now this is driving me nuts! I even reinstalled Office 2000 hoping it would fix things, but to no avail. Nothing I can do to the filetypes (in folder options) seem to help either. Help! I could use some pointers! Many thanks in advance for any assistance. Daniel SignatureOttawaRocks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OttawaRocks's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=15908 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=273895 Occasionally the ignore other applications does not solve the problem it, this happened to me once and then you need to follow the advice from Beth Melton which I found and it solved my problem. http://snipurl.com/a6q3 (copy of the answer) ================================================ It sounds like is a problem with the file associations. Go to Start/Run and run this command: Excel /regserver Note that there is a space before the forward slash. If you receive an error, you may need to browse to Excel.exe and include the full path. It would look something like: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\excel.exe" /regserver ~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP ================================================= > <Tools> <Options> <General> tab, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Daniel |
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