In tools=Options, general tab, do you have Ignore Other Applications
checked. If so, uncheck it.

another thing is to reregister excel

in windows start menu, choose run, then type in

Excel.exe /regserver

and click OK.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"STEVE BELL" wrote in message
news:6NuHe.9457$Bx5.5767@trnddc09...
A few weeks back I agreed to work on someone else's workbook. This book
had
some code that may have altered my registry.

Now when I try to open a workbook from Explorer, from an email, or from a
zip file - a second copy of Excel opens and the file choosen errors with a
message that the file couldn't be found. I am forced to save the file to
a
folder and than open it from within Excel.

Also - The VBE icon is not showing on my Start bar.

Can anyone suggest what may be causing this, and possibly offer a fix...

Thanks in advance!

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steveB

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