Sometimes one of these works:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

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Close Excel 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.

Danker Schaareman wrote:
>
> Usually you can open any excel file by double clicking the file from within
> Windows Explorer. Since some time for a mysterious reason this doesn't work
> any more. Excel opens but not the file. Any ideas why this is so and what to
> do about it?
>
> Tanks for info,
> Danker
> --
> Danker

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Dave Peterson