Try going to ToolsOptions...General and un-checking 'ignore other
applications'

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Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
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Does anyone know how to get xcel files to automatically open the xcel
program
and load when you double click on them from your explorer folder?
When I do not have xcel open, I can double click on an xcel file and my
xcel
program will open but the file will not open within the program. I just
get
the xcel program with a blank screen where the file data should be. This
just recently started happening after I have been using this computer for
more than a year.
I tried reinstalling xcell from the CD provided by Dell with the computer
but this did not help. I also tried installing the updates on the
Microsoft
web site but still no help.