New problem opening Excel from Windows file folder

[Mark]

This problem just started. When I double click an Excel file from a file
folder I get an error window that pops up that says can't find file. It
keeps saying that several times and then it finally opens the file.
Apparently if the folder name has any spaces in it Excel attempts to look
for a file from that link and each space in the folder name it stops to
check that until it makes its way through the entire folder name. For
example my folder address looks like this: Y:\SAP\SOX\2008 IT
Testing\excel.xls. So excel is evaluating that folder name and each space it
thinks is the end of the address. The error boxes appear and I just keep
hitting OK and eventually the file opens. It never used to do this. Did I
click something inadvertantly? Has anyone ever experienced this?

Thanks

 

[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)

--- 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.