When I. open Excel files, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER vs OFFICE

[Guest]

I had to wipe out my hard drive due to a Trojan Horse. I had backed up all my
spreadsheets on a floppy and after reinstalling Office, I copied the files to
Excel. They're all there but here's the problem: When I open Excel and click
the Open icon, it says LOOK IN MY COMPUTER instead of LOOK IN OFFICE or even
LOOK IN EXCEL. Then it takes me 6 steps to get the files to open. How can I
change it to read LOOK IN OFFICE or EXCEL as it always did before the
wipeout! Art May

 

[Gord Dibben]

Art

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 MS Excel MVP

 

[Guest]

The "ignore other applications" was already unchecked. I tried checking it
and restarting but that didn't help and so I unchecked it again. I can get to
my spreadsheets by 1)clicking on MY Documents 2)then clicking on Local Disk
C\ and then 3)on EXCEL and all my spreadsheets show up fine. I haven't
figured out how to lock that LOOK IN EXCEL alternative...closing down and
restarting gives me the same old problem. I appreciate your taking the time
to help me!

 

[Dave Peterson]

What happened when you tried Gord's second suggestion?

 

[Guest]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

What happened when you tried Gord's second suggestion?

 

[Gord Dibben]

Can we assume the second suggestion produced a positive result?


Gord