Cannot open .xls file??? Help

H

Hootywho

Now....the rest of the story. Kids were in Excel doing who knows
what...NOW, the only way I can open an excel spreadsheet is if it is in
the excel history. All shortcuts as well as WE will open excell....BUT,
no file opes, blank screen. To open at that point you have to click
file and then select from history at the bottom. HELP!! Thanks

Hootywho
 
D

Dave Peterson

If you try to open the file (and see that blank stuff), then do file|Print
preview, do you see your data?

If yes, try
Window|arrange|tiled
(and resize the way you like)

If no, then....

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

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

--- or ---

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.

Maybe one of these will work for you.
 
M

m96

one other thing could be that the sheets are very hidden. i so you won't
be able to see them even if you choose for Format=>Sheet=>Unhide

the only way to unhide very hidden sheets are with macro. use something
like:

for each w in workbooks
w.visible = xlsheetvisible
next w

hope this helps.
cheers.


Dave said:
If you try to open the file (and see that blank stuff), then do file|Print
preview, do you see your data?

If yes, try
Window|arrange|tiled
(and resize the way you like)

If no, then....

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

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

--- or ---

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.

Maybe one of these will work for you.
Click to expand...
 
N

newman

Dave said:
If you try to open the file (and see that blank stuff), then do file|Print
preview, do you see your data?

If yes, try
Window|arrange|tiled
(and resize the way you like)

If no, then....

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)
Click to expand...

This worked.

Thanks
 
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