when excel is opened (a workbook must also be open), then go to
Tools=Options and see if Ignore Other Applications is checked. If so, then
uncheck it.

A second cause of the problem can be solved by closing excel, then in the
windows start menu, select run and do

excel.exe /regserver

and click OK. This will reregister Excel's default settings.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"jjuan" wrote:

im using office 2000 sp3. when i try to open an excel file by double click
the file or right click the file then Open suddenly the excel open but no
workbook open.but when i open the file through the file menu of excel or
draging the file in excel, the file open.

what is happened to my excel?

please help