cannot open .xls file

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Thomas Lau

Dear all,

I am using MS Office XP. I am experiencing a problem when opening .xls
files by double-click on them. After I double-click the files, the Excel
problem is running but there is no .xls file opened. Although I can still
open the file with command open in Excel, it is uncomfortable that
double-click is not working. Can anyone tell me how to solve the problem?
Thank you in advance.

Best Regards,
Thomas
 
If you can open it via File|open (inside xl), then:

Sometimes one of these works:

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.
 
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