My thanks to both of you for taking the time to respond. I did the excel.exe
/ thing and it worked just fine. Thanks again.

"Frank Kabel" wrote:

Hi
try to re-register Excel

1. Close Excel first and
2. On the Windows Taskbar
2.1 StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2.2 StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.


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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany
"ConfusedNHouston" schrieb im
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Frank I appreciate the suggestion, but the Ignore other applications is
not
checked. Anything else it might be?

"Frank Kabel" wrote:

Hi
try: 'Tools - Options - General' and uncheck 'Ignore other applications'

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Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany
"ConfusedNHouston" schrieb
im
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The title's misleading but I couldn't find a way to express it
succinctly.
If I have 2 Excel windows open, with one or more workbooks within each
window, and I click on an Excel file-name in Windows Explorer or on a
shortcut to an Excel file-name, nothing happens. If I close both Excel
windows and try it, the file will open. Or if I go to Files, Open, and
Browse to the file name it will open. This is both new and a pain in
the
rear. As recently as 3 months ago I could open six or eight Excel
files
at
the blink of an eye, from Windows Explorer or from shortcuts. What
changed?
How can I change it back to the way it was?

Thanks "ConfusdNHouston"