.xls will not open

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Nick

I double click "report.xls" on my desktop. Excel opens up, but the file does
not. In other words, I see what you would see if you were to open Excel up
without a spreadsheet. Anybody seen this before? Thanks!
 
C

CLR

If your filename "Report" shows up in the Title Bar, then the file is
actually opening. Now, what happened to the data?
1-It may be on another worksheet, try clicking on the tabs at the bottom
2-It may have been scrolled off the screen.....try the scroll bars
3-It may actually have been deleted

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3
 
D

Dave Peterson

Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on
the file in windows explorer:

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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