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when double clicking on .xls files, progam opens but not the file (2000 xl
installed)
When i receive .xls attachments to e-mail and try to open, i get error
message" file cannot be found in temp folder. I than save file to desktop and
open by first opeing prog then open file.
this is the only program that has this problem, which has occoured only
recently

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Default when double clicking on .xls files, prog. opens but not the file

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.

Maybe one of these will work for you.

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when double clicking on .xls files, progam opens but not the file (2000 xl
installed)
When i receive .xls attachments to e-mail and try to open, i get error
message" file cannot be found in temp folder. I than save file to desktop and
open by first opeing prog then open file.
this is the only program that has this problem, which has occoured only
recently


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Dave

Problem sorted, thank you, Not sure which option did the trick as first time
round the problem remained then i tried again and it worked.

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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.

Maybe one of these will work for you.

David Azzo wrote:

when double clicking on .xls files, progam opens but not the file (2000 xl
installed)
When i receive .xls attachments to e-mail and try to open, i get error
message" file cannot be found in temp folder. I than save file to desktop and
open by first opeing prog then open file.
this is the only program that has this problem, which has occoured only
recently


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