I have a user running Office 2007 SP1 on an XP Pro SP2 workstation that is
experiencing some strange behavior when using Excel.

I he double clicks an Excel file from within Windows Explorer a blank Excel
window opens but doesn't display the spreadsheet. If he clicks the Excel
application in the taskbar the spreadsheet immediately displays.

If Excel is already open and a spreadsheet is double clicked from within
Windows Explorer the spreadsheet opens as displays as expected.

Any ideas?

Thanks

You are suffering from a common problem that lots of people have complained
about. The workbook is open, just not visible.

One way to see it is to click on the Office button and start to open another
workbook, but then just dismiss the dialog. You may see your workbook open
after this. (Ctrl-O, then escape may work???)

Currently, there isn't a fix--just workarounds.

JDR wrote:
>
> I have a user running Office 2007 SP1 on an XP Pro SP2 workstation that is
> experiencing some strange behavior when using Excel.
>
> I he double clicks an Excel file from within Windows Explorer a blank Excel
> window opens but doesn't display the spreadsheet. If he clicks the Excel
> application in the taskbar the spreadsheet immediately displays.
>
> If Excel is already open and a spreadsheet is double clicked from within
> Windows Explorer the spreadsheet opens as displays as expected.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks

--

Dave Peterson

That's interesting because I have 60 or 70 other users with the same
configuration but none experience this problem.


"Dave Peterson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> You are suffering from a common problem that lots of people have
> complained
> about. The workbook is open, just not visible.
>
> One way to see it is to click on the Office button and start to open
> another
> workbook, but then just dismiss the dialog. You may see your workbook
> open
> after this. (Ctrl-O, then escape may work???)
>
> Currently, there isn't a fix--just workarounds.
>
> JDR wrote:
>>
>> I have a user running Office 2007 SP1 on an XP Pro SP2 workstation that
>> is
>> experiencing some strange behavior when using Excel.
>>
>> I he double clicks an Excel file from within Windows Explorer a blank
>> Excel
>> window opens but doesn't display the spreadsheet. If he clicks the Excel
>> application in the taskbar the spreadsheet immediately displays.
>>
>> If Excel is already open and a spreadsheet is double clicked from within
>> Windows Explorer the spreadsheet opens as displays as expected.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson

Try enabling one of the Excel Addins, Solver for instance.

JDR wrote:

> I have a user running Office 2007 SP1 on an XP Pro SP2 workstation that
> is experiencing some strange behavior when using Excel.
>
> I he double clicks an Excel file from within Windows Explorer a blank
> Excel window opens but doesn't display the spreadsheet. If he clicks the
> Excel application in the taskbar the spreadsheet immediately displays.
>
> If Excel is already open and a spreadsheet is double clicked from within
> Windows Explorer the spreadsheet opens as displays as expected.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks

Tried it and it fixed the problem!

Thanks

"Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try enabling one of the Excel Addins, Solver for instance.
>
> JDR wrote:
>
>> I have a user running Office 2007 SP1 on an XP Pro SP2 workstation that
>> is experiencing some strange behavior when using Excel.
>>
>> I he double clicks an Excel file from within Windows Explorer a blank
>> Excel window opens but doesn't display the spreadsheet. If he clicks the
>> Excel application in the taskbar the spreadsheet immediately displays.
>>
>> If Excel is already open and a spreadsheet is double clicked from within
>> Windows Explorer the spreadsheet opens as displays as expected.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>

You're welcome. Now that it is working, you may disable the Add-in and
it should continue to function properly.

JDR wrote:

> Tried it and it fixed the problem!
>
> Thanks
>
> "Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> Try enabling one of the Excel Addins, Solver for instance.
>>
>> JDR wrote:
>>
>>> I have a user running Office 2007 SP1 on an XP Pro SP2 workstation
>>> that is experiencing some strange behavior when using Excel.
>>>
>>> I he double clicks an Excel file from within Windows Explorer a blank
>>> Excel window opens but doesn't display the spreadsheet. If he clicks
>>> the Excel application in the taskbar the spreadsheet immediately
>>> displays.
>>>
>>> If Excel is already open and a spreadsheet is double clicked from
>>> within Windows Explorer the spreadsheet opens as displays as expected.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>