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Excel opening files in separate instances -why?
I have 2 Excel files in a directory, clicking on each one in turn causes
them to open in different instances of Excel whereas I want them to be different windows in the same instance. Can anyone explain why this is happening and how to fix it (Excel 2000) Thanks |
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Hi Gazza,
Try going to Tools | Options | View Tab Make sure Windows in Taskbar is checked. HTH LoriM "Gazza" <mallin"nospam" wrote: I have 2 Excel files in a directory, clicking on each one in turn causes them to open in different instances of Excel whereas I want them to be different windows in the same instance. Can anyone explain why this is happening and how to fix it (Excel 2000) Thanks |
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If you really mean two instances...
Sometimes one of these works: 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 the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. Gazza wrote: I have 2 Excel files in a directory, clicking on each one in turn causes them to open in different instances of Excel whereas I want them to be different windows in the same instance. Can anyone explain why this is happening and how to fix it (Excel 2000) Thanks -- Dave Peterson |
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Gazza,
It probably isn't separate instances. You can still probably use Ctrl-Tab, or Ctrl-F6, or Window from the menu bar to switch between the open workbooks. There's a "Windows in Taskbar" in Tools - Options - View that puts a task button on the task bar for each open workbook, as if they're separate instances of Excel. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "Gazza" wrote in message ... I have 2 Excel files in a directory, clicking on each one in turn causes them to open in different instances of Excel whereas I want them to be different windows in the same instance. Can anyone explain why this is happening and how to fix it (Excel 2000) Thanks |
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