Hi Smeeta

ToolsOptionsGeneral 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 ) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "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 StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl


"Smeeta Geary" <Smeeta wrote in message ...
Hi, I have a problem...

I open an Existing Excel Speadsheet by either double clicking on the icon on
my desktop or on my drives i would have it saved, or from and Outlook Email
attachment. This opens up Excel 2003, but does not actually open the
file/spreadsheet in the excel window, and its not hidden as i have checked
'Window' from the tom menu selection

I can access my speadsheet by having excell open, and going through File
Open...

Does anyone know what the problem is?