Strange Excel Problem

  • Thread starter Terry Straehley
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Terry Straehley

I have a user with a strange problem that cropped up recently.
She has a folder with Excel and MSWord files that she uses regularly
using MSOffice 97. I have set the permissions up so that she has full
control of the folder.
A shortcut to the folder is on her desktop. If she oppens the shortcut
folder and clicks on an Excel file, Excel will load but, the file itself
will not. Clicking on the icon for a Word file brings up both the
application and the file.
If I log on to the computer as Administrator, both Excel and Word work
properly.
If she loads Excel and then opens a file from the Excel Open dialog, the
file opens properly.
What would make Excel load without loading the file that invoked it?
 
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Rafael Ortiz

Try this: Tools, Options, General tab, and de-select the option "Ignore
other applications."

MRO
 
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Dave Peterson

Sometimes this helps when ignore other applications doesn't.

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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Terry Straehley

Sometimes this helps when ignore other applications doesn't.

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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Thanks. We'll try that and let people know if it works
 
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