Odd problem with worksheets when opening file

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PSmurf78

Okay, here's the odd problem that's come up.

When you double click on a excel file, excel opens up, but you can onl
see the toolbars. The grid area looks like a snapshot of whatever you
current background is before the file opened up. If you were showin
your desktop, after the excel file opened, you'd still see your deskto
in the datagrid area.

If you start up a new excel file, then do the File>Open>file name, th
file will open correctly.

This problem happens across users here. Everyone is currently runnin
office 2K.

Any ideas on what causes the problem and any fixes/workarounds?

Thanks
Dre
 
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Scottmk

I have had this experience...everything being the same except instead o
the desktop it was just greyed out....as if you had closed th
worksheet, and you were just in excel..Someone brought this up a fe
months ago and it was addressed. I remember that the solution worked.
Sorry, I forgetwhat it was. Do a search in this forum and I'm sur
you'll find it eventually
 
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Dave Peterson

Sometimes, one of these works:

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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