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When I. open Excel files, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER vs OFFICE
I had to wipe out my hard drive due to a Trojan Horse. I had backed up all my
spreadsheets on a floppy and after reinstalling Office, I copied the files to Excel. They're all there but here's the problem: When I open Excel and click the Open icon, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER instead of LOOK IN OFFICE or even LOOK IN EXCEL. Then it takes me 6 steps to get the files to open. How can I change it to read LOOK IN OFFICE or EXCEL as it always did before the wipeout! Art May |
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When I. open Excel files, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER vs OFFICE
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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 MS Excel MVP On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:58:02 -0700, Art wrote: I had to wipe out my hard drive due to a Trojan Horse. I had backed up all my spreadsheets on a floppy and after reinstalling Office, I copied the files to Excel. They're all there but here's the problem: When I open Excel and click the Open icon, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER instead of LOOK IN OFFICE or even LOOK IN EXCEL. Then it takes me 6 steps to get the files to open. How can I change it to read LOOK IN OFFICE or EXCEL as it always did before the wipeout! Art May |
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When I. open Excel files, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER vs OFFIC
The "ignore other applications" was already unchecked. I tried checking it
and restarting but that didn't help and so I unchecked it again. I can get to my spreadsheets by 1)clicking on MY Documents 2)then clicking on Local Disk C\ and then 3)on EXCEL and all my spreadsheets show up fine. I haven't figured out how to lock that LOOK IN EXCEL alternative...closing down and restarting gives me the same old problem. I appreciate your taking the time to help me! "Gord Dibben" wrote: Art 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 MS Excel MVP On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:58:02 -0700, Art wrote: I had to wipe out my hard drive due to a Trojan Horse. I had backed up all my spreadsheets on a floppy and after reinstalling Office, I copied the files to Excel. They're all there but here's the problem: When I open Excel and click the Open icon, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER instead of LOOK IN OFFICE or even LOOK IN EXCEL. Then it takes me 6 steps to get the files to open. How can I change it to read LOOK IN OFFICE or EXCEL as it always did before the wipeout! Art May |
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When I. open Excel files, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER vs OFFIC
What happened when you tried Gord's second suggestion?
Art wrote: The "ignore other applications" was already unchecked. I tried checking it and restarting but that didn't help and so I unchecked it again. I can get to my spreadsheets by 1)clicking on MY Documents 2)then clicking on Local Disk C\ and then 3)on EXCEL and all my spreadsheets show up fine. I haven't figured out how to lock that LOOK IN EXCEL alternative...closing down and restarting gives me the same old problem. I appreciate your taking the time to help me! "Gord Dibben" wrote: Art 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 MS Excel MVP On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:58:02 -0700, Art wrote: I had to wipe out my hard drive due to a Trojan Horse. I had backed up all my spreadsheets on a floppy and after reinstalling Office, I copied the files to Excel. They're all there but here's the problem: When I open Excel and click the Open icon, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER instead of LOOK IN OFFICE or even LOOK IN EXCEL. Then it takes me 6 steps to get the files to open. How can I change it to read LOOK IN OFFICE or EXCEL as it always did before the wipeout! Art May -- Dave Peterson |
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When I. open Excel files, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER vs OFFIC
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!
"Dave Peterson" wrote: What happened when you tried Gord's second suggestion? Art wrote: The "ignore other applications" was already unchecked. I tried checking it and restarting but that didn't help and so I unchecked it again. I can get to my spreadsheets by 1)clicking on MY Documents 2)then clicking on Local Disk C\ and then 3)on EXCEL and all my spreadsheets show up fine. I haven't figured out how to lock that LOOK IN EXCEL alternative...closing down and restarting gives me the same old problem. I appreciate your taking the time to help me! "Gord Dibben" wrote: Art 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 MS Excel MVP On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:58:02 -0700, Art wrote: I had to wipe out my hard drive due to a Trojan Horse. I had backed up all my spreadsheets on a floppy and after reinstalling Office, I copied the files to Excel. They're all there but here's the problem: When I open Excel and click the Open icon, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER instead of LOOK IN OFFICE or even LOOK IN EXCEL. Then it takes me 6 steps to get the files to open. How can I change it to read LOOK IN OFFICE or EXCEL as it always did before the wipeout! Art May -- Dave Peterson |
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When I. open Excel files, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER vs OFFIC
Can we assume the second suggestion produced a positive result?
Gord On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 06:36:03 -0700, Art wrote: THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! "Dave Peterson" wrote: What happened when you tried Gord's second suggestion? Art wrote: The "ignore other applications" was already unchecked. I tried checking it and restarting but that didn't help and so I unchecked it again. I can get to my spreadsheets by 1)clicking on MY Documents 2)then clicking on Local Disk C\ and then 3)on EXCEL and all my spreadsheets show up fine. I haven't figured out how to lock that LOOK IN EXCEL alternative...closing down and restarting gives me the same old problem. I appreciate your taking the time to help me! "Gord Dibben" wrote: Art 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 MS Excel MVP On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:58:02 -0700, Art wrote: I had to wipe out my hard drive due to a Trojan Horse. I had backed up all my spreadsheets on a floppy and after reinstalling Office, I copied the files to Excel. They're all there but here's the problem: When I open Excel and click the Open icon, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER instead of LOOK IN OFFICE or even LOOK IN EXCEL. Then it takes me 6 steps to get the files to open. How can I change it to read LOOK IN OFFICE or EXCEL as it always did before the wipeout! Art May -- Dave Peterson |
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