Sometimes one of these works:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

G2 wrote:

when i try to open file, exel opens with no document and then i have to clikc
file and open and point to that same document i was trying to open in the
first place. Any idea how to fix that?

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Dave Peterson