Lost ability to open (activate) Excel files from Explorer, Outlook

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I have lost the ability to open Excel files by clicking on their icon from
within programs apart from Excel. eg if I click on an Excel file icon from
Explorer or Outlook, then Excel starts but the file I wanted does not open.
If I use Excel to open the file there are no problems.
 
Henny

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 Excel MVP
 

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