Excel 2003 worked just fine. Excel 2007 is another story altogether. Double
clicking any Excel file icon starts Excel but without the loaded document. If
the minimize button is clicked, Excel minimizes for a second and then pops
back up to load the document. The maximize button will also open the file.

The "Ignore Other Applications" has been checked and unchecked in
combination with running "excel.exe /unregserver" and "excel.exe
/regserver". It makes no difference.

It's amazing that MS hasn't patched this or offer a manual registry fix
accessible from the Excel product home page. It's as if they forgot where all
their money came from; ignoring product problems isn't the keen marketing
strategy they seem to think it is, so I'm giving up and reinstalling Office
2003. Given the additional problems with Vista and its tepid reception, this
can't be good for MSFT share values either.




"HappyPappy" wrote:

Running on Windows XP, with Grisoft AVG as a virus scanner.

If I double click on a file in Explorer Excel comes up but not the selected
file.

Excel starts, sez "Requesting Virus Scan" then "Ready" but no spreadsheet
comes up.

If Excel is already open the double clicking seems to work correctly, if I
click Excel Options then Cancel then the file also comes up but not otherwise.

I tried the /unregserver and /regserver stuff with no luck.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks.