I can't open xls file using my documents. massage states: can't find file,
check info and try again. File will open if I open Excel first and then it
will open my file.

"Mike" wrote:

From windows explorer, when I open an XLS file, it opens a new instance of
Excel. I'd like ot have it so all the XLS files I open are in the same
instance of Excel. This used to work this way but I just got a new laptop
and an upgrade to Office 2003. How do I change Excel to get this behavior?

Thanks!