Excel not to open xls when xls double clicked on

[christhedonstar]

Hi,

Is there programmatically a way to create a excel.exe session but make it exempt from opening a workbook when a workbook xls is double clicked on?

I want all other excel.exe sessions to be able to open the xls, however this one shouldn't. Ideally you double click the myExcel.xls and it always either opens in a new excel.exe session or into an existing one that is not the special excel.exe.

Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[xlhelp]

Look for "use dde" under search and try the exact opposite. That may work. Not sure.

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