Excel 2003: doubleclick on file opens Excel window, not file.

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Silvy

Problem: when I doubleclick on an Excel file, the Excel window is opened, but
the file is not. I have to open it by File > Open and search for the file
every time.

Any ideas on how to solve this problem? My version: Excel 2003

Many thanks in advance,
Silvy.

PS No problem with Word, Access, Powerpoint though...
 
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Dave Peterson

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.
 
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