Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

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

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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.

Ivan Oats wrote:

I am opening up a exel file and working in this file. When i am done i close
out the file i am working on and minimize the Excel program and try to open a
new exel file or even the same one that i just closed and the Excel program
and a completly new Excel program opens egnoring the one that i just
minimuzed. How do i fix it that the minimized program opens the file

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Dave Peterson