Files open only when excel already open

[stratos]

Hi there! Fist post on this group. I have the following situation:

At work, I had an NT box with Office 2000 Pro. Then they gave me a new
box with winXP and OfficeXP (and winfax standalone).

Problem:
When I double click on an excel file, excel opens, but the file does
not open (blank excel screen).

If excel is already open (without any files open) and then I double
click on an excel file (or use the file-open menu), then the file opens
just fine.

Same situation if I try to open and excel file I have received as
attachment in outlook.

Any hints?

Thanks,
Stratos

 

[Guest]

Hi

Go to Tools/Options/General and toggle the Ignore Other Applications box.

Hope this helps.
Andy.

 

[stratos]

The Ignore check box was unchecked, so I checked it. No luck.

I also tried the following: "explorer, folder options, file types,
..xls, delete"
and then "start - run - excel /regserver". That did not work either.

Have uninstalled and reinstalled office. No luck. Haven't tried Repair
from the help menu yet.

 

[Stratos Laspas]

Hi

Go to Tools/Options/General and toggle the Ignore Other Applications box.

That did not work. I reinstalled Office 2000 Pro and that solved things.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Some people have reported that they needed to unregister excel, too.

Saved from previous posts:

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

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.