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.

Maybe one of these will work for you.

luckysarah wrote:

When I double click a saved Excel file the Excel program launches, but the
file does not open. I can open the file from Excel by using the drop down
menu under file and then selecting the saved file. This just started
happening.

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Dave Peterson