Desk top short cuts not opening excel files

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I have a short cut to an excel file on my desktop. When I click on it, excel
opens, but the specified file does not open. The only way to open a file is
to open excel first then go to File then open then navigate to the file.
This wastes a lot of time. I need my short cuts to work.
 
Hi,

Have you tried right clicking on your shortcuts, going to Properties and
checking the Target path? Does it match exactly with your workbook path??
 
Hi

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.
 
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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