And you're sure the workbook isn't being opened???

Windows|arrange|tiled doesn't show it???

If no, then sometimes one of these works:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

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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.

eWisdom wrote:

Using Excel in Office XP running on Windows XP
Double Click on *.xls file, Excel opens but does not open the file. Must
then click on File Open. No errors are displayed. Tried Un-Install and
Re-Install, Also looked at file associations.

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Dave Peterson