Mystery Files

[JGreg7]

When I double-click on an Excel file to open it, I get a series of several
messages that files could not be found. Each message lists the name of a
file that does not, and never has existed on my computer.

The files I am opening are files that I have created, or edited before.
Windows XP SP2, Excel 2003

How do I find out where these file prompts are coming from?

 

[JGreg7]

Update: Ahter writing down the name of each file, I noticed that the files
it is looking for are each word in the path.
e.g. My.xls, Documents.xls, Project.xls, Files.xls, etc.

How does this work?

 

[Dave Peterson]

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)
(xl2003 menus)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets some of the windows registry to
excel's factory defaults.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Try the usual fix for this.

Tools>Options>General Uncheck "Ignore Other Applications"

If no joy with that................

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(quotes
required)>OK.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP