files do not open with double click

Hi. Here's an excel problem that I am encountering...
When I open a folder that contains an excel file and double click on the document file I wish to open, excel opens the "shell" but does not open the document. The only way I can open the document is to start excel then do file/open. So, I can open the document but this is very annoying.
This is for every excel document that I have, not just one specific doc.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:50:40 -0500, mgrimz
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Hi. Here's an excel problem that I am encountering...
>When I open a folder that contains an excel file and double click on
>the document file I wish to open, excel opens the "shell" but does not
>open the document. The only way I can open the document is to start
>excel then do file/open. So, I can open the document but this is very
>annoying.
>This is for every excel document that I have, not just one specific
>doc.
>Any help would be appreciated.
>Thanks.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

This sounds like it might be a problem a lot of users are having because of a
Windows update. See

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-4b9fcf741916

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

> 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
>
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:50:40 -0500, mgrimz
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi. Here's an excel problem that I am encountering...
> >When I open a folder that contains an excel file and double click on
> >the document file I wish to open, excel opens the "shell" but does not
> >open the document. The only way I can open the document is to start
> >excel then do file/open. So, I can open the document but this is very
> >annoying.
> >This is for every excel document that I have, not just one specific
> >doc.
> >Any help would be appreciated.
> >Thanks.
>
> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
>