Marty,

When say "won't open," you should say what happens. Does it ask which
program to use? Does Excel start at all? Does it give an error message?
Do your lights dim? Such information is very useful when dealing with files
that won't open.

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Earl Kiosterud
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"martymillion" wrote in message
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i received an email from a collegue with an excel attachment but i am
unable
to open it. it says it is an unknown file type so i search the web for a
program and it sends me to the microsoft site after downloading all
updates i
still can't get it to open