Brian
You could try the "excel.exe /unregserver" and then the /regserver
part that Peo suggests. Works in some cases where the normal
/regerver comes up short.
If neither of the above does the trick.............
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)
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Thanks Peo, but neither solved the problem.
Oh well, we tried.
Brian.
Peo said:
Have you [ignore other applications] checked under
tools>options>general? If so uncheck it.
If that doesn't help try to re-register excel
click start>run (windows) and
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.Exe" /regserver
(include the quotes)
adapt to fit your path
In making some changes as part of trying to understand UDFs,
Macros, and Add-ins, I seem to have created a situation where
double left clicking on a .xls file does not open that file, but
Excel is launched with the default Book1 file.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
Thanks
Brian.
