hi,
check this.......
Toolsoptionsgeneral Tab...
Make sure that Ignore other applications is unchecked.
that's all i can think of

Regards
FSt1
"Jeff S" wrote:

With Excel not opened, all of sudden when I try to open an existing Excel
file, it only opens a blank workbook. I then have to repeat the action of
opening the file from the blank workbook. I am not sure what has happened but
I have always just been able to just click on the Excel file I want to open
and it would automatically open Excel and the intended file. Please advise