what about the same problem in excel 2007?
thanks!

"Danker Schaareman" wrote:

Yes, this did it! Thanks a lot

Regards,
Danker
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Danker


"Ken Wright" wrote:

Tools / Options / General Tab / Uncheck "Ignore Other applications"

Regards
Ken..................

"Danker Schaareman" wrote:

Usually you can open any excel file by double clicking the file from within
Windows Explorer. Since some time for a mysterious reason this doesn't work
any more. Excel opens but not the file. Any ideas why this is so and what to
do about it?

Tanks for info,
Danker
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Danker