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Clicking on Excel File Only Opens Personal.xls
For some reason when I click on an Excel file in Explorer File Browser,
Excel is opening as is PERSONAL.XLS. The actual spreadsheet is not? What would of caused this behavior to startup. I have to go to FILE/OPEN inside of Excel to access the spreadsheets now. Thanks! |
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Hi Al,
Your personal.xls file should come up at startup, but it should be hidden. http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm The file you last use should be listed in your File menu, but there are a couple of things that might interfere with that. Tools, Options, General, recently used files: 9 The maximum setting is 9. Watch out for software packages that attempt to clear out MRU as that will clear out those names. Tools, Customize, Options, uncheck Menus show recently used commands first --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Al Franz" wrote in message ... For some reason when I click on an Excel file in Explorer File Browser, Excel is opening as is PERSONAL.XLS. The actual spreadsheet is not? What would of caused this behavior to startup. I have to go to FILE/OPEN inside of Excel to access the spreadsheets now. Thanks! |
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David,
Thanks for the tip on hidding personal.xls, that is nicer. But my main problem still exists. I can open Excel then go to FILE and open up files, and I also see my most recently used list, so that is all ok. My problem is that if I click on an Excel File in Windows Explorer (i.e. File Browser) Excel opens up but it does not open up the file. Somehow my association is messed up, not sure what is causing this. --Al |
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Hi Al,
This is what I have under My Computer, Tools, Folder Options, File Types for .xls Microsoft Excel Worksheet advanced button, Open, Edit button Action: Open Application used to perform an action: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\EXCEL.EXE" /e Application: Excel DDE Application Not Running: (blank) Topic: System --- HTH, David McRitchie, Firefox Page http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. - Pete Seeger From: "Al Franz" My problem is that if I click on an Excel File in Windows Explorer (i.e. File Browser) Excel opens up but it does not open up the file. Somehow my association is messed up, not sure what is causing this. |
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David,
Thanks for the note. But I was able to fix the behavior by going to Tools/Options/General Tab and turning off "Ingore other applications". Not sure why that fixes this behavior but it does. Found some other newsgroup notes on this. Thanks for taking the time to respond. "David McRitchie" wrote in message ... Hi Al, This is what I have under My Computer, Tools, Folder Options, File Types for .xls Microsoft Excel Worksheet advanced button, Open, Edit button Action: Open Application used to perform an action: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\EXCEL.EXE" /e Application: Excel DDE Application Not Running: (blank) Topic: System --- HTH, David McRitchie, Firefox Page http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. - Pete Seeger From: "Al Franz" My problem is that if I click on an Excel File in Windows Explorer (i.e. File Browser) Excel opens up but it does not open up the file. Somehow my association is messed up, not sure what is causing this. |
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Yep, mine won't work without that either.
"Al Franz" wrote in Thanks for the note. But I was able to fix the behavior by going to Tools/Options/General Tab and turning off "Ignore other applications". Not sure why that fixes this behavior but it does. Found some other newsgroup notes on this. Thanks for taking the time to respond. |
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