Opening Excel files in Explorer
 

Usually you can open any excel file by double clicking the file from within
Windows Explorer. Since some time for a mysterious reason this doesn't work
any more. Excel opens but not the file. Any ideas why this is so and what to
do about it?

Tanks for info,
Danker
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Danker

Sometimes one of these works:

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

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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.

Danker Schaareman wrote:

Usually you can open any excel file by double clicking the file from within
Windows Explorer. Since some time for a mysterious reason this doesn't work
any more. Excel opens but not the file. Any ideas why this is so and what to
do about it?

Tanks for info,
Danker
--
Danker

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Dave Peterson

Tools / Options / General Tab / Uncheck "Ignore Other applications"

Regards
Ken..................

"Danker Schaareman" wrote:

Usually you can open any excel file by double clicking the file from within
Windows Explorer. Since some time for a mysterious reason this doesn't work
any more. Excel opens but not the file. Any ideas why this is so and what to
do about it?

Tanks for info,
Danker
--
Danker

Yes, this did it! Thanks a lot

Regards,
Danker
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Danker


"Ken Wright" wrote:

Tools / Options / General Tab / Uncheck "Ignore Other applications"

Regards
Ken..................

"Danker Schaareman" wrote:

Usually you can open any excel file by double clicking the file from within
Windows Explorer. Since some time for a mysterious reason this doesn't work
any more. Excel opens but not the file. Any ideas why this is so and what to
do about it?

Tanks for info,
Danker
--
Danker

Opening Excel files in Explorer
 

what about the same problem in excel 2007?
thanks!

"Danker Schaareman" wrote:

Yes, this did it! Thanks a lot

Regards,
Danker
--
Danker


"Ken Wright" wrote:

Tools / Options / General Tab / Uncheck "Ignore Other applications"

Regards
Ken..................

"Danker Schaareman" wrote:

Usually you can open any excel file by double clicking the file from within
Windows Explorer. Since some time for a mysterious reason this doesn't work
any more. Excel opens but not the file. Any ideas why this is so and what to
do about it?

Tanks for info,
Danker
--
Danker