To reset your file associations, from Start-Run enter "Excel.exe
/regserver" (no quotes, there is a space before the slash). This 'should'
reset things as you want.

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Jim
"sebire" wrote in message
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| Hey guys, I wonder if you can help me - I need to open two Excel
| spreadsheets in two seperate windows, so I found the following
| instructions from last year on this newsgroup:
|
| "Open window explorer by right clicking the Start button and select
| Explore.
| Windows Explorer opens, now select "Tools" then on the dropdown menu
| select
| "Folder Options". In Folder Options , select the "File Types" tab.
| Now scroll down until you see the file type of "XLS" under the column
| labled
| "Extensions" Click on "XLS" to select it.
| Next click on the Advanced button and then under "Actions" Click on
| "Open"
| The Confirm open after download should be checked and the other two....
|
| 1. Always show extension
| 2. Browse same window
|
|
| Should not be checked.
|
|
| Next click "Edit"
|
|
| Under Application used to perform action delete what is there (All of
| it)
| and copy and paste the following into this space.
|
|
| "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\EXCEL.EXE" "%1"
|
|
| Make sure the box "DDE Message" is clear and the Check Box labled "Use
| DDE"
| is checked.
| You are done, click OK, Ok and Close. Now when you click on XLS files
| each
| will open in it own window."
|
| This worked fine originally, but I tried to return to the default
| settings, but the "%1" refuses to be deleted. Every time I delete it,
| it reappears. I am quite worried, because we have a document management
| system, and now Excel won't open documents from within this system. It
| comes up with the error message "cannot establish DDE session".
|
| Does anyone know how to fix this? I can open Excel files that are on
| the C drive in the usual manner, but not within the DMS. I would just
| like to go back to the defaults - why won't it let me? Help!
|
| Natalie
|