excell-files only won't open from icons

Cardflopper · 09-20-2005, 08:26 AM

Hi,

My excell-files won't open when i doubleclick then on my explorer or desktop. Excell opens without any errormessages, but the file won't open.

I can still open the files through open>file from that point, but it is pretty ennoying...any ideas on this?

Thanks in advance!

hopper · 09-20-2005, 02:17 PM

Do you get an error message? How about right click > open?

Cardflopper · 09-21-2005, 03:48 AM

no error messages at all, "right-click > open" opens excell but not the file...

**Glaswegian** · 09-21-2005, 05:17 AM

Hi

In Excel go to Tools > Options > General Tab and ensure that 'Ignore Other Applications' is not checked.

Regards

Cardflopper · 09-27-2005, 03:31 AM

thanks for the golden advice!

It worked again as soon as i unchecked it.perfect!

**Glaswegian** · 09-27-2005, 04:49 AM

You are welcome!

09-20-2005, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cardflopper Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 76 OS: Win 2000 (mainly)	excell-files only won't open from icons Hi, My excell-files won't open when i doubleclick then on my explorer or desktop. Excell opens without any errormessages, but the file won't open. I can still open the files through open>file from that point, but it is pretty ennoying...any ideas on this? Thanks in advance!

09-21-2005, 05:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
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09-20-2005, 02:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
hopper Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 169 OS: XP / Ubuntu 6.10	Do you get an error message? How about right click > open?

09-21-2005, 03:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cardflopper Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 76 OS: Win 2000 (mainly)	no error messages at all, "right-click > open" opens excell but not the file...

09-27-2005, 03:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
Cardflopper Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 76 OS: Win 2000 (mainly)	thanks for the golden advice! It worked again as soon as i unchecked it.perfect!