i used access to export a table to another excel file. but the excel file
cannot be viewed by just double-clicking its icon. however, it can be viewed
by opening it from excel itself. why is it so? please help me. any help is
very much appreciated. thank you in advance

Try this:

<Tools <Options <General tab,

And *uncheck*
"Ignore Other Applications".
--
HTH,

RD
==============================================
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
==============================================

"FooYC" wrote in message
...
i used access to export a table to another excel file. but the excel file
cannot be viewed by just double-clicking its icon. however, it can be
viewed
by opening it from excel itself. why is it so? please help me. any help is
very much appreciated. thank you in advance

Click on Tools|Options|General, and make sure that <Ignore other
applications is not ticked

"FooYC" wrote:

i used access to export a table to another excel file. but the excel file
cannot be viewed by just double-clicking its icon. however, it can be viewed
by opening it from excel itself. why is it so? please help me. any help is
very much appreciated. thank you in advance