Try this:

<Tools <Options <General tab,
And *UNCHECK*
"Ignore Other Applications".
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HTH,

RD

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"NFEI" wrote in message
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If I double click on an exisitn Excel file in say Windows Explorer, Excel
opens but as a blank. The only way to open an existing file is through the
File open menu option.