Ron,
Hope you can help as I have similar problem.
I tried your suggestion in this message but it did not fix the problem
I followed suggestions in the post "Open excel files" from 10/3/2004. Didn't
fix the problem. I posted results
I followed the suggestion in post "Can't open an excel file (have 2007,
Vista)... even though I have Ofs 2003 and Win XP it didn't fix the problem
after doing the file association %1 addition. This seemed to just add the 3
error messages.

"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Try this Rob

ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
Exit Excel and try again

If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel

Close Excel first and
On the Windows Taskbar

1 ) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.
See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.
In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK



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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"KRob" wrote in message ...
When I try to open an Excel file from My Documents, Excel will open but the
file does not. I have uninstalled and re-installed Office XP twice, and
nothing has changed. All of the other applications and corresponding files
will open directly but not Excel. Help! Any suggestions?
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KRob