Excel not recognizing files

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Rick

Email attachments are not being recognized by Excel. I have to save
them to a directory instead of clicking on them. NOt a giant deal but
I have selected Excel to open these file types. USing XP pro and
Office2000. Any help greatly appreciated. My earlier message didn't
get posted unless it is an accident so if this is a duplicate I
apologise for the redundnacy. Rick
 
Sometimes one of these help when double clicking on a file in windows explorer.
Maybe it'll work inside your email program, too.

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.

An alternative might be to do:
Try Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)
 
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