Neil
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.
One more thing to try if any of the above brings no joy.........
Go to Start>Settings>Folder>Options>File Types. Scroll down to MS Excel
Worksheet. Then if running Win98 OS Edit> select "Open" and Edit.
If using WinXP OS you would scroll down to .XLS then "Advanced">Open>Edit.
In Command line the path should be similar to this....
"C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\EXCEL.EXE" /e (delete the <sp>/e if
you want Book1 to open.
You must have the double quotes.
Below have "use DDE" checked and this in the DDE message box....[open("%1")]
Application should read "Excel"(no quotes)
Gord Dibben Excel MVP
Lately I found that I can't double click on an .xls file to launch Excel and
open the file. I have to launch Excel then from within Excel open the .xls
file. I went into file types to try and re-establish the association with
Excel and .xls files without success... Any suggestions?
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