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This kind of thing can happen when you double click on the file in windows
explorer.
From an earlier post from Dave Peterson that may help:
It sounds like the default behavior when you double click on a .xls file is
set to NEW, not OPEN.
Try a test to verify:
Right click on the file when you're in windows explorer.
You should get a popup with a bunch of options. I get Open and New right at
the top of the list. Open is bolded which means that Open is the default
action when I double click on the file.
If your default action is NEW, then windows will tell excel to open it like a
template. That's why you'd get the myname1 (with no extension).
If your situation matches, this is what I'd do next (the easiest, I think).
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.
Now you could check by rightclicking again. If it looks good, try double
clicking and see if it really worked!
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Option 2. (A little more work.)
I use windows98, so depending on your version of windows, it might not be
quite the same--but it'll be pretty close.
Close excel
open Windows explorer (flying windows-E is a quick way)
View|Folder Options|File Types
Scroll down to Microsoft Excel Worksheet and select that
Click the Edit button
You'll see a list of Actions in a little box.
Open should be the bold one (here, too!)
If it's not, then click on Open and then click the "make default" button.
(Ok your way out.)
Gord Dibben Excel MVP
