If the laptop is used in a two monitor set up, check to see that the second
monitor is set correctly. The Excel may be launched but not visible if the
other monitor is off.

"Larry O" wrote:

As of a couple days ago, I can't open the Excel application on my laptop or
any .xls files I've created. I get no error message. The hourglass starts
up briefly, then goes away. I have no problem opening Word, PowerPoint, or
Outlook.

It happened the day following the loading of several updates (though this
may be a coincidence). When I was going to put the laptop into standby, it
said there were several updates to be installed, so I followed those
instructions instead.

I have the original CD that I loaded Office 2003 from. I was going to
attempt to re-installing Excel by itself. Can anyone see a problem with that?