From windows explorer, when I open an XLS file, it opens a new instance of
Excel. I'd like ot have it so all the XLS files I open are in the same
instance of Excel. This used to work this way but I just got a new laptop
and an upgrade to Office 2003. How do I change Excel to get this behavior?

Thanks!

Tools, Options, View tab - Windows in Taskbar. ??

"Mike" wrote:

From windows explorer, when I open an XLS file, it opens a new instance of
Excel. I'd like ot have it so all the XLS files I open are in the same
instance of Excel. This used to work this way but I just got a new laptop
and an upgrade to Office 2003. How do I change Excel to get this behavior?

Thanks!

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets some of the windows registry to
excel's factory defaults.

Mike wrote:

From windows explorer, when I open an XLS file, it opens a new instance of
Excel. I'd like ot have it so all the XLS files I open are in the same
instance of Excel. This used to work this way but I just got a new laptop
and an upgrade to Office 2003. How do I change Excel to get this behavior?

Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson

Had that alredy. I think in the folder options there is a /e that causes a
new instance of excel to open, I remove that and they all opn in the same
window. However now when I open a file, it tells me it is already open. :-(
It shouldn't be this hard to do basic funstions that once worked.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets some of the windows registry to
excel's factory defaults.

Mike wrote:

From windows explorer, when I open an XLS file, it opens a new instance of
Excel. I'd like ot have it so all the XLS files I open are in the same
instance of Excel. This used to work this way but I just got a new laptop
and an upgrade to Office 2003. How do I change Excel to get this behavior?

Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson

The /e just tells Excel not to open the default Book1 or show the splash
screen.

Does not open a new instance of Excel.

Try Dave's suggestions again.

Should do the job.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:43:06 -0700, Mike wrote:

I think in the folder options there is a /e that causes a
new instance of excel to open,

I can't open xls file using my documents. massage states: can't find file,
check info and try again. File will open if I open Excel first and then it
will open my file.

"Mike" wrote:

From windows explorer, when I open an XLS file, it opens a new instance of
Excel. I'd like ot have it so all the XLS files I open are in the same
instance of Excel. This used to work this way but I just got a new laptop
and an upgrade to Office 2003. How do I change Excel to get this behavior?

Thanks!

Try the usual fix for this.

ToolsOptionsGeneral Uncheck "Ignore Other Applications"

If no joy with that................

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(quotes required)OK.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:25:02 -0700, Paul Caldarone
wrote:

I can't open xls file using my documents. massage states: can't find file,
check info and try again. File will open if I open Excel first and then it
will open my file.

"Mike" wrote:

From windows explorer, when I open an XLS file, it opens a new instance of
Excel. I'd like ot have it so all the XLS files I open are in the same
instance of Excel. This used to work this way but I just got a new laptop
and an upgrade to Office 2003. How do I change Excel to get this behavior?

Thanks!