Henny

Try the usual fix(es) for this problem.

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.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 03:59:03 -0800, "Henny"
wrote:

I have lost the ability to open Excel files by clicking on their icon from
within programs apart from Excel. eg if I click on an Excel file icon from
Explorer or Outlook, then Excel starts but the file I wanted does not open.
If I use Excel to open the file there are no problems.