opening an excel file

[butpat]

I recently loaded office xp Pro in my computer, the
problem that I am having is when I click on an excel icon
where the file is saved, it does open excel, but not the
file that I clicked on. I get a grey screen with toolbars
on top. I then have to go to file, open, then go to where
the file was saved. I have never had to do this before.
When I clicked on an excel file that file opened. Can
someone help me with this?

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
try the following:
goto 'Tools-Options-General " and uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
Exit Excel and try again

If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel

1. Close Excel first and
2. On the Windows Taskbar
2.1 Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK.
2.2 Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.