Error message on opening??

J

JDT

Recently when I open a certain spreadsheet this error message is
coming up:

"myfile.xls is already open. Reopening will cause any changes you
made to be discarded. Do you want to reopen myfile.xls"

Any ideas why this is happening and how I can stop it?

Thanks
 
G

Gord Dibben

JDT

Try the usual fix(es) for this problem.

Tools>Options>General 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) Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK.
2) Start>Run "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 Start>Run "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP
 

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