.xls will not open
 

I double click "report.xls" on my desktop. Excel opens up, but the file does
not. In other words, I see what you would see if you were to open Excel up
without a spreadsheet. Anybody seen this before? Thanks!

.xls will not open
 

See what Chip has to say at
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
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"Nick" wrote in message
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I double click "report.xls" on my desktop. Excel opens up, but the file
does
not. In other words, I see what you would see if you were to open Excel
up
without a spreadsheet. Anybody seen this before? Thanks!

.xls will not open
 

If your filename "Report" shows up in the Title Bar, then the file is
actually opening. Now, what happened to the data?
1-It may be on another worksheet, try clicking on the tabs at the bottom
2-It may have been scrolled off the screen.....try the scroll bars
3-It may actually have been deleted

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"Nick" wrote:

I double click "report.xls" on my desktop. Excel opens up, but the file does
not. In other words, I see what you would see if you were to open Excel up
without a spreadsheet. Anybody seen this before? Thanks!

.xls will not open
 

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

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.

Nick wrote:

I double click "report.xls" on my desktop. Excel opens up, but the file does
not. In other words, I see what you would see if you were to open Excel up
without a spreadsheet. Anybody seen this before? Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson