Hi

Go to Tools/Options and toggle 'Ignore Other Applications' on the General
tab.

Hope this helps.
Andy.

"wolfgang22" wrote
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hello all
i have following problem
when trying to open a excel file from my files it does open excel but
the file does not open i only get the grey screen with excel tool bar
but not the file

if i open excel first and than try to open the same files over " open
file" than it works and the file is opening
does anyone know what is wrong there

regards and thanks for your help

wolfgang 22


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