Thousands (it seems) have had this problem. No solution that works for all.
You might just have to open Excel first until (if) MS does a fix.

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Jim
"Kerri" wrote in message
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| There is one laptop that has excel files saved on the desktop and when we
| double click to open them excel 2007 does open but the file does not
appear
| in excel until we go to open and select another file and then both files
will
| open. I have tried to reinstall and that did not help. If we open Excel
| first and then double click the file from the desk top the file opens
right
| away in Excel. I am at a loss on what to do with this machine. Any
ideas????
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