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Default Excel 2007 no longer opens documents on desktop or email attac

exactly why i stated you need to run in an elevated command prompt.

right click the command prompt start menu item and select run as
administrator. then try the commands i stated.

vista uac blocks this by default.

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Gary Keramidas
Excel 2003


"Reno99" wrote in message
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I'm running Vista Home Premium 32-bit edition. I was not able to follow
your
advice. The commands "/regserver" and "/unregserver" were rejected as
"Invalid switch. I tried a system restore but it repeatedly failed.

Thanks,

Reno99

"Gary Keramidas" wrote:

you can try this, i don't know which operating system you're using,
though.

open a cmd prompt.
this is where it makes difference. in vista you'll have to open it as an
administrator.
navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12

if you're running a 64 bit os,
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12

type in this command: excel.exe /unregserver

then type this command: excel.exe /regserver

if you have issues, let us know which operating system you're running, it
makes a big difference.

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Gary Keramidas
Excel 2003


"Reno99" wrote in message
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When I click on an excel document on my desktop, I get an error message
saying: "windows cannot find [name of document]. Please make sure you
typed
the name correctly, etc." The same thing happens when I try to open an
excel
email attachment. If I open Excel and can locate the file through
"Desktop"
or "Documents," the same document will open. I ran Office diagnostic
which
found nothing wrong. This does not happen with Word 2007 documents on
the
desktop.


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