I take you to mean that when you open Excel by double-clicking on an XLS
file, add-ins you previously selected for automatic opening under Tools,
Add-Ins do not open. I tried to repro this and I did not have the problem.
Maybe I don't fully understand what you're doing. As a shot in the dark you
might re-register your file associations by running "Excel.exe /regserver"
(no quotes, there is a space before the slash) from Start-Run.

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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"howiefan" wrote in message
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| it appears that my add-in will only load when i open excel by itself. If I
| open an excel file it wont load and i have to automatically reload it by
| going to Tools/Addins..
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| any info would help!
|
| thanks