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)

--- or ---

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.

cswan wrote:

I can open any of my excel file by double clicking on the short cut or file
folder, but if I go into excel and then open from within excel everything is
fine.

I have tried open by right clicking and choosing to open with excel and that
does not work

Any sugestions

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Dave Peterson