I have MS Office 2003 on Win XP

I recently downloaded and applied 2003 SP3.
Since then, none of my shortcuts to Excel files open the relevant folder
directly.
Nor does double clicking on the file in Windows Explorer.
Either action only opens Excel with Book.xlt displayed.
I then have to double click the file again to open it.
Before it would open directly.
This only happens in Excel - other .doc files open ok directly in Word.
What am I missing?
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donwb

ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications" Exit Excel and try
again If this does not work, re-register Excel.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200749

To re-register............

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun excel.exe /unregserver
2) StartRun excel.exe /regserver

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


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:00:02 -0700, Gary''s Student
wrote:

ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications" Exit Excel and try
again If this does not work, re-register Excel.

Hi Gord
I did your suggestion.
Error message says Windows cannot find the path and file.
If I leave out space\unregserver it opens Excel normally.
I browsed to Excel.exe so I know I have the right path etc.
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donwb


"Gord Dibben" wrote:

To re-register............

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun excel.exe /unregserver
2) StartRun excel.exe /regserver

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


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:00:02 -0700, Gary''s Student
wrote:

ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications" Exit Excel and try
again If this does not work, re-register Excel.

What exactly did you type into the StartRun dialog box?

Type it exactly into your response to this reply.

You don't want to have the command open Excel.

You also must use a forward slash /

Not a back slash \ as you have shown.

Do you have the quotes around "C:\yourpath\excel.exe" /regserver


Gord


On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:12:01 -0700, donbowyer
wrote:

Hi Gord
I did your suggestion.
Error message says Windows cannot find the path and file.
If I leave out space\unregserver it opens Excel normally.
I browsed to Excel.exe so I know I have the right path etc.

Hi Gord
This is what I typed; it produced the error message I mentioned.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE /unregserver
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donwb


"Gord Dibben" wrote:

What exactly did you type into the StartRun dialog box?

Type it exactly into your response to this reply.

You don't want to have the command open Excel.

You also must use a forward slash /

Not a back slash \ as you have shown.

Do you have the quotes around "C:\yourpath\excel.exe" /regserver


Gord


On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:12:01 -0700, donbowyer
wrote:

Hi Gord
I did your suggestion.
Error message says Windows cannot find the path and file.
If I leave out space\unregserver it opens Excel normally.
I browsed to Excel.exe so I know I have the right path etc.