I'd be doing some Excel troubleshooting.
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm
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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"CDWhite" wrote in message
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I recently lost the ability to launch WinXP 2003 Excel successfully by
clicking on a file. Actually, Excel opens but no file appears - grey
screen. When I click an Excel file, Excel launches but does not load the
file - I have to then open the file via Excel's open commands (File=Open).
I can't seem to trace the problem back to any event. Thanks for any
insight. CW