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    The file will not open !

    I came up with a strange error. This is Microsoft Excel 2007
    When I click on a file (normal ending .xls) the execution should start Excel and then open the file. Instead I get an Error msg like this picture:
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    The text in the small picture is translated into English as follows:
    "An error occurred when the command was sent to the program" (Google trans)

    The second picture is only to show that the extension is associated with Excel

    I have no problem do manual opening the file. File/Open ....

    The only problem is when I click on any Excel file and hope to open it.

    Other programs from Office, like Word open file when clicking on the file !

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    Re: The file will not open !

    Try right clicking on the file. Select Open With and make sure that Excel is the program selected. Then make sure that you select at the bottom of the dialogue box to Always Use This Program....
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    Re: The file will not open !

    Did you, at one point, have excel 2003 or lower, and have lately upgraded to 2007? You said the normal extention is .xls, but the file you are trying to open is .xlsX - which is the extention for 2007 and later.

    Try resetting the file associations, and see if that helps? NDM has explained how to do that (above)
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    Re: The file will not open !

    This site has some suggestions that might be appropriate:
    https://community.office365.com/en-us/f/158/t/149448

    Have you tried right clicking on the file and then choosing Previous Versions? If there are previous versions, you might be able to open one of them. Try the last one as it would be the last successful version.

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    Re: The file will not open !

    Occasionally a file that can not be opened in Excel can be opened by the free program ”OpenOffice”.

    If everything else fails you could download this program and test.

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