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September 10th, 2004, 01:52 AM
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Clicking .XLS files opens Excel, but not the file
My mother in law has a new pc running xp home & Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606).
When she double clicks a .XLS file in WE, it opens the program, but not the file. When in the program if she selects file/open then the same file, it opens fine. This is the case for all her .XLS files. Any idea how to enable the double click option? TIA Dan 
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September 10th, 2004, 04:03 AM
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Sometimes one of these works:
Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it) --- or --- Close Excel (both instances) and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. Dan wrote: My mother in law has a new pc running xp home & Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606). When she double clicks a .XLS file in WE, it opens the program, but not the file. When in the program if she selects file/open then the same file, it opens fine. This is the case for all her .XLS files. Any idea how to enable the double click option? TIA Dan -- Dave Peterson
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September 10th, 2004, 03:30 PM
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Dave-Thanks for the reply, unclicking the "Ignore other applications" box
did the trick! Dan "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Sometimes one of these works: Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it) --- or --- Close Excel (both instances) and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. Dan wrote: My mother in law has a new pc running xp home & Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606). When she double clicks a .XLS file in WE, it opens the program, but not the file. When in the program if she selects file/open then the same file, it opens fine. This is the case for all her .XLS files. Any idea how to enable the double click option? TIA Dan -- Dave Peterson
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