Opening a worksheet only opens a blank page.

[whitesidehasdon]

When I open a worksheet direct from my desktop it only opens a blank page until I reduce the page then the worksheet springs to life! Can anyone suggest a solution, has anyone else ever seen this before.
Thanks Phil

[whitesidehasdon]

Nobody experience this before. No ideas. Its doing my head in.

[martindwilson]

try this first
open a command prompt
then enter
Excel.exe /unregserver
return

after that enter
Excel.exe /regserver
return

any add-ins will have to be reactivated

[whitesidehasdon]

Thanks Martin, but no good. Uninstalled and restalled excel and its still doing it. The excel page opens but not the workbook, until I reduce or full size the page, that by the way is the only activity open to me! Mental.

[broro183]

hmmm, interesting...

These are just guesses but may help...

Are there any macros in the file?
If so, does including the below code in the "thisworkbook" module help?
(if a macro by this name already exist enter the below as the last line of code in the macro)

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Are there any files or Templates with a blank sheet listed under Tools - Options - General - "at start up, open all files in:"?
Does the behaviour change if these are removed?


edit:
Are there any forms of protection on the files, eg worksheet, workbook structure?

hth
Rob

[martindwilson]

is the
Tools /Options /General /Ignore other applications box ticked?
if so un-tick it
and some others here
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm