Clicking .XLS files opens Excel, but not the file

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Dan

My mother in law has a new pc running xp home & Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606).
When she double clicks a .XLS file in WE, it opens the program, but not the
file. When in the program if she selects file/open then the same file, it
opens fine. This is the case for all her .XLS files. Any idea how to
enable the double click option?

TIA

Dan
 
D

Dave Peterson

Sometimes one of these works:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

--- or ---

Close Excel (both instances) 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.
 
D

Dan

Dave-Thanks for the reply, unclicking the "Ignore other applications" box
did the trick!

Dan
 

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