"Igonore other applications" wasn't checked.

Re-registering it didn't either. Thought uninstalling office and
reinstalling did make it work. Thanks.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

In Excel, click on Tools | Options | General | uncheck the
"Ignore other applications" box | OK.

If the above doesn't help, then close Excel and re-register Excel
in Windows by clicking on Start | Run | Open: excel /unregserver
| OK | Open: excel /regserver | OK.

WWBWB wrote:
I have XL 97 and Windows XP. When ever I click on a shortcut or XL file
directly, it opens XL but doesn't open the file. I then have to go to
File\Open to open the file. What's wrong???