xls file will not launch

[atlantic grouper]

When I double click on a .xls file, the program lauches, but the data does
not. If I start excel first then open the file from the menu bar the data is
present.

 

[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.

 

[atlantic grouper]

Works pdefect. Many thanks.

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.

 

[jpnach]

Running Excel 2007 (hate it by the way) and this did not work for me. I
tried the unregister / register and it did not do anything. But I could not
find the "ignore other
applications" anywhere in options. Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Ron de Bruin]

Try this

Click on the Office button
Excel options
Click on Advanced
In the General section uncheck Ignore other applications that use dynamic data exchange(DDE)

 

[Roger]

Nope.
my box already unchecked.

I have already wasted 40+ hours completely re-entering 800+ cells in 6
worksheets worth of data and formulas because 2007 could not run an Excel
workbook that was developed under Excel_97 and migrated, with no problems to
Excel 2003. Even the MS Support Teck could not figure out why it took 1;45 to
just open the workbeeokanf then 2:05 to change the value in a single cell, so
only option was to completely re-write the workbook because some "blackmagic"
was in my original workbook and if I did any copy & paste I would probably
"infect" the new workbook.

So Now i got it done and guess what dbl click in Explorer will not open the
XLSM file. The file opens OK after I start Excel.

Open Office is next on my list as I have wasted too much time trying to fix
this broken MS application that even after sending a copy to MS they can't
figure out.

 

[Bob I]

Try enabling one of the Excel Add-ins, Solver for instance, and see if
that corrects it.

Nope.
my box already unchecked.

I have already wasted 40+ hours completely re-entering 800+ cells in 6
worksheets worth of data and formulas because 2007 could not run an Excel
workbook that was developed under Excel_97 and migrated, with no problems to
Excel 2003. Even the MS Support Teck could not figure out why it took 1;45 to
just open the workbeeokanf then 2:05 to change the value in a single cell, so
only option was to completely re-write the workbook because some "blackmagic"
was in my original workbook and if I did any copy & paste I would probably
"infect" the new workbook.

So Now i got it done and guess what dbl click in Explorer will not open the
XLSM file. The file opens OK after I start Excel.

Open Office is next on my list as I have wasted too much time trying to fix
this broken MS application that even after sending a copy to MS they can't
figure out.

:

 

[Roger]

Enabled Solver Add-In did not fix the problem but thanks for the suggestion.