Opening Excel Files in Excel 2007 only opens application, not the

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Eipee73

When I double-click on an excel file both on my desktop and as an attachment
through e-mail (MS Outlook 2007) it only brings up Excel with no workbook
displayed. If I manipulate the window (Minimize, Maximize, R-Click and
select open then cancel) the workbook will display. This is getting to be a
real annoyance and I cannot find anything out on the web to fix it. Any
suggestions are welcome!!! (I have already cleared the checkbox for "Ignore
other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)"

Thanks in Advance
 
E

Eipee73

This is happening with all Excel files, not just one in particular, thus I am
inclined to believe that it is not something code specific that would be
relating to all workbooks.
 
J

Jcline

I have the exact same problem. If I open up a new excel sheet, it works fine.
If I open one of my existing files, it won't display it unless I minimize
then maximize my window. Even if I open a new document, make no changes, save
it, then re-open it, the same issue occurs.
 
B

Brian the Ski Bum

Anyone find a solution to this problem? It is happening at two workstations
(out of about 125) with XP SP2, Excel 2007, Outlook 2007.

On most workstations, the user double-clicks the attached excel file in
outlook and
Excel opens the workbook, no problems.

On the other two:

Excel opens with a blank window (no workbook at all) and everything is
greyed out except the min/max button and the office button. Clicking either
the office button OR the minimize button then opens the file.

I checked then cleared the "Ignore other applicatiosn that use Dynamic Data
Exchange DDE" option as per KB290852

Thanks,

-Brian
 

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