files do not open with double click
 

Hi. Here's an excel problem that I am encountering...
When I open a folder that contains an excel file and double click on
the document file I wish to open, excel opens the "shell" but does not
open the document. The only way I can open the document is to start
excel then do file/open. So, I can open the document but this is very
annoying.
This is for every excel document that I have, not just one specific
doc.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.


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files do not open with double click
 

ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
Exit Excel and try again

If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.
See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.
In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:50:40 -0500, mgrimz
wrote:


Hi. Here's an excel problem that I am encountering...
When I open a folder that contains an excel file and double click on
the document file I wish to open, excel opens the "shell" but does not
open the document. The only way I can open the document is to start
excel then do file/open. So, I can open the document but this is very
annoying.
This is for every excel document that I have, not just one specific
doc.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

files do not open with double click
 

This sounds like it might be a problem a lot of users are having because of a
Windows update. See

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-4b9fcf741916

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

ToolsOptionsGeneral uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
Exit Excel and try again

If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.
See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.
In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:50:40 -0500, mgrimz
wrote:


Hi. Here's an excel problem that I am encountering...
When I open a folder that contains an excel file and double click on
the document file I wish to open, excel opens the "shell" but does not
open the document. The only way I can open the document is to start
excel then do file/open. So, I can open the document but this is very
annoying.
This is for every excel document that I have, not just one specific
doc.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP