You can recreate the file associations, which is causing the issue, but
going to Start/Run and running the following command:
excel /regserver
Note the space before the forward slash.
Additionally, this method has been found to work more successfully than
modifying the command manually. Even though it appears to be correct,
occasionally the Registry contains information that isn't visible when you
edit the File Type or Windows appends additional information, such as %1
(which represents the file name - in this case it's not represented
correctly and it breaks spaces in the path and file name) at the end of the
command line even though you deleted it, and the only way to remove it is by
editing the Registry or using the /regserver switch. For some reason Excel
is especially a bit more difficult.
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Microsoft Office MVP
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KimC said:
I am having exactly the same problem (Office 2007). Did anyone ever answer
this post---maybe in another thread?
Wowbagger said:
I have a shortcut to an .xls file set that suggests that it be opened as
read only.
When I click the link the system actualy opens the file twice - it
prompts
me to open read only, opens, then prompts me again.
The open method as defined in Folder Options is as follows:
Application used to perform action:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" /e "%1"
Use DDE
DDE Message:
[open("%1")]
Why is this behaving this way?
