False 'Document is already open' error

[kirkm]

I've made an Excel ss with XP and Excel 2002 and copied this
to my wifes computer (XP and Office 97).

If you open Excel then load the workbook all's well.

But if you d-click the .xls it loads into Excel and generates error
message :-
'A document with the name "<name>.xls' is already open. You cannot
open two documents with the same name..... etc etc.

A click on OK sees the mesage go away and everything works
fine after that. This happens every time though.

Any fix known?

Many thanks - Kirk

 

[Gord Dibben]

Kirk

Try the usual fix(es) for this problem.

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.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

I've made an Excel ss with XP and Excel 2002 and copied this
to my wifes computer (XP and Office 97).

If you open Excel then load the workbook all's well.

But if you d-click the .xls it loads into Excel and generates error
message :-
'A document with the name "<name>.xls' is already open. You cannot
open two documents with the same name..... etc etc.

A click on OK sees the mesage go away and everything works
fine after that. This happens every time though.

Any fix known?

Many thanks - Kirk

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[kirkm]

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

Thanks for the help... but not sure what to type in here.
Do I type in (no quotes) or does that mean leave out the
closing quotes after regserver ?

Include >OK - or is that what I should see after I hit enter ?

The Tools/Option thing wasn't checked. I checked it
but that made it exhibit a different, but equally wrong, message
so unchecked it again.

Thanks - Kirk