When I double click on a .xls file MS Excell 2003 opens but the file does
not. All I see is the excel headers and grey area. When I click on the
window menu everything is greyed out.
To make things even more frustrating if I click File and then Open in Excel
and click on the same exact file everything opens perfect.

I have tried the following:

uninstall and reinstall of office 2003.
Start - run- excel /unregserver
Start - run- excel /regserver

I am open to any ideas.

Thanks,

Garrett