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Document already opened in excel
Hi hope somebody can help me.
I have created and saved a spreadsheet to the desktop. Whenever I try to open this sheet from the desktop, I get the message" A document with the name "Mysheet.xls" is already open. You cannot open two documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different folders. To open th second document, either close the document thay's currently open, or rename one of the document. I have done all this, but to no avail. If I open Excel first then open the spreadsheet all is fine. I just cannot open straight from the desktop. Can anybody help please. Reagrds. Hday |
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Hi Hday, sounds as if, when you save the sheet to your desktop you didnt give
it another name. Try right click and then rename - just add a 1 - should be ok i hope! Kanneily "Hday" wrote: Hi hope somebody can help me. I have created and saved a spreadsheet to the desktop. Whenever I try to open this sheet from the desktop, I get the message" A document with the name "Mysheet.xls" is already open. You cannot open two documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different folders. To open th second document, either close the document thay's currently open, or rename one of the document. I have done all this, but to no avail. If I open Excel first then open the spreadsheet all is fine. I just cannot open straight from the desktop. Can anybody help please. Reagrds. Hday |
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Hday
Try the usual fix(es) for this problem. 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. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:17:03 -0800, "Hday" wrote: Hi hope somebody can help me. I have created and saved a spreadsheet to the desktop. Whenever I try to open this sheet from the desktop, I get the message" A document with the name "Mysheet.xls" is already open. You cannot open two documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different folders. To open th second document, either close the document thay's currently open, or rename one of the document. I have done all this, but to no avail. If I open Excel first then open the spreadsheet all is fine. I just cannot open straight from the desktop. Can anybody help please. Reagrds. Hday |
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