Explorer won't open Excel 2010

K

Kurch

Ever since I installed Excel 2010 I can't open an Excel file from
Explorer. When I click on a file Excel opens but the file isn't there.
Files open fine when opened from within Excel.

Is there a setting that will fix this?

Thanks
 
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GS

Kurch was thinking very hard :
Ever since I installed Excel 2010 I can't open an Excel file from
Explorer. When I click on a file Excel opens but the file isn't there.
Files open fine when opened from within Excel.

Is there a setting that will fix this?

Thanks

Same thing happens with Excel 2007. I'd also be interested in knowing
why...
 
C

Clif McIrvin

GS said:
Kurch was thinking very hard :

Same thing happens with Excel 2007. I'd also be interested in knowing
why...


I open workbooks that way all the time with xl2010 (XP SP3) ... It has
always worked that way ever since my company replaced Office 2003 with
Office 2010 so I have no idea why or why not.
 
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GS

Clif McIrvin wrote :
I open workbooks that way all the time with xl2010 (XP SP3) ... It has always
worked that way ever since my company replaced Office 2003 with Office 2010
so I have no idea why or why not.

I've often wondered if it's due to the fact that I have several
versions of Office installed, and so this causes a bug in the process.
I dismissed this after looking into it later because that's a function
of WE, and so uses the default version of Excel as registered in the
system. Currently, that's v2007. If I do a repair on a previous version
then it becomes the default and files open as expected in the earlier
version. What I'll do is see what behavior I get on my test machines
where I don't have multiple versions of Office installed.
 
R

Ron Rosenfeld

I open workbooks that way all the time with xl2010 (XP SP3) ... It has
always worked that way ever since my company replaced Office 2003 with
Office 2010 so I have no idea why or why not.

I've never had that problem with 2007, but I have had it with other programs. What has happened is that the association between the file extension and the corresponding program got broke.

Here's a MSKB article that should help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2464297
 
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GS

Ron Rosenfeld laid this down on his screen :
I've never had that problem with 2007, but I have had it with other programs.
What has happened is that the association between the file extension and the
corresponding program got broke.

Here's a MSKB article that should help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2464297

Well, Excel2007 opens but the file doesn't. That suggests the
association is not broken between the registered file type and Excel.
It does talk about multiple installs, though, but only refers to a
single version. I have Vs 8-12 installed on this machine, though I
suppose I could remove Vs 8/9 since none of my clients use either of
these anymore.

Some behavior observations:
Having Vs <12 running, I can open files from WE in the current running
instance.

Having V12 running, I get another instance of XL12 with the file not
opened. Looking into this further I find that
'IgnoreRemoteReqests=True'. I set this property to 'True' when my apps
run in an automated instance, and restore the original setting at
shutdown. Obviously, on this machine that's been screwed up due to
testing. I don't get this behavior on my test machines.

Resetting the property to 'False' and opening a file from WE behaves as
expected. Problem solved at my end!
 
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GS

Ron Rosenfeld laid this down on his screen :
Glad you got it solved.

Well, if I may raise another issue that perhaps might be better to go
under a new thread..,

Why does XL12 not close when clicking the close button. It asks to
save files as expected but doesn't shut down after choosing Yes or No.
IOW, it behaves as though the Cancel button was clicked.
 

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