Excel 2007 files not opening properly..

[shawn]

I have Office 2007 installed.. the one that doesn't come with Outlook. So,
I'm still using Outlook 2003.

When I double click an XLS file to open it, Excel opens and the file never
opens. I have to goto FILE, OPEN, then hit CANCEL and the file will display.

This only happens for Excel. Word 2007 works fine.

I have tried to uninstall the software and reinstall it, but it did not fix
the problem.

Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?

We have Office 2007 on a few computers and I'm the only one with this
problem.

 

[shawn]

I found a fix for the problem, which seemed to work for me and fixed the
problem in like 3 seconds flat.

Goto START, RUN, type "excel /regserver" and hit enter. Excel will open and
everything now works fine for me.

 

[shawn]

Oh well.. it only worked ONCE and doesn't work anymore. Back to the drawing
board..

 

[Dave Peterson]

Try it again?

Oh well.. it only worked ONCE and doesn't work anymore. Back to the drawing
board..

 

[shawn]

I think I found a fix, but it's giving me another error now.

I went to Start -> Control Panel -> Folder Options -> File Types and clicked
XLS. Under there I clicked ADVANCED, then OPEN, then EDIT. At the end of the
application to open I put "%1" with the quotes.

That makes my XLS files open instantly upon double clicking, but if I do not
edit the file it'll give me an error message upon exiting. It will say
"Windows cannot find 'C:\filename.xls'. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button,
and then click Search."

As long as I do something, such as click once, it'll allow me to close
without the error message. I am not totally satisfied with this work-around,
but I'm more satisfied than the previous problem.

 

[Jim Rech]

Did you uncheck use DDE? If not you're opening the file twice, or trying
to.

When you turn off DDE that means that each file you double-click opens in
its own instance of Excel. Some people want that and some don't.

--
Jim
|I think I found a fix, but it's giving me another error now.
|
| I went to Start -> Control Panel -> Folder Options -> File Types and
clicked
| XLS. Under there I clicked ADVANCED, then OPEN, then EDIT. At the end of
the
| application to open I put "%1" with the quotes.
|
| That makes my XLS files open instantly upon double clicking, but if I do
not
| edit the file it'll give me an error message upon exiting. It will say
| "Windows cannot find 'C:\filename.xls'. Make sure you typed the name
| correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start
button,
| and then click Search."
|
| As long as I do something, such as click once, it'll allow me to close
| without the error message. I am not totally satisfied with this
work-around,
| but I'm more satisfied than the previous problem.
|
|
|
|