lostinspace2001
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I have to have Excel open before I can open a Spreadsheet, and If I get an attached Spreadsheet in an e-mail I can't open it until I save it to my desktop, and open Excel.
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Can't open Excel Spreadsheets w/o Excel open 1
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SimonDavis
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Is it as simple as the file association is missing?
IF you go to Windows explorer, and right click on the file, do you get the OPEN option? What happens if you select that?
If that doesn't work, try right clicking and look for the OPEN WITH option - then find Excel.exe click it. This should associcate .xls files with Excel.
IF you go to Windows explorer, and right click on the file, do you get the OPEN option? What happens if you select that?
If that doesn't work, try right clicking and look for the OPEN WITH option - then find Excel.exe click it. This should associcate .xls files with Excel.
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In Excel 97 this can be caused when Excel is configured to ignore other applications.
To check this - open Excel and go to Tools\Options. Click on the General tab and ensure you don't have a tick beside "Ignore other applications".
To check this - open Excel and go to Tools\Options. Click on the General tab and ensure you don't have a tick beside "Ignore other applications".
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