Excel 2007 : Unable to open some .xls files

[cde1983]

Hello, everyone! I am having a problem with three particular .xls files. I had clicked on all three to open them at once, and they opened in the same excel pane. In order to switch back and forth between these files within this excel window, I attempted to minimize the excel file that was visible. But when I did, suddenly all three file windows disappeared, leaving only a blank excel program window. Now when I attempt to open any of these files, the excel program opens to a blank window (not even a blank worksheet) and no data window is visible. Excel reports 'done' and gives no error messages. When I have the excel program already running and attempt to open these files, the data window which was opened prior to this attempt (whether blank or another excel file with data) also disappears.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

[royUK]

Sounds like they might be corrupted. Have you tried opening in an earlier version of Excel or maybe Open Office?

[cde1983]

Didn't think of opening them in open office. I downloaded that program and was able to open them in it fine. The files will now open in Excel. Thank you!